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Testing NIRSpec's FORE Optical System


Date: 30 October 2007
Satellite: JWST
Depicts: Set-up of NIRSpec's FORE optical system
Copyright: Sagem Défense Sécurité

Set-up of NIRSpec's FORE optical system (three mirror anastigmat) during alignment campaign at the Sagem Défense Sécurité facilities. NIRSpec is a wide field, multi-object, near-infrared spectrometer and one of the four instruments that comprise the scientific payload for the James Webb Space Telescope.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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