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NIRSpec Prototype Demonstration Model


Date: 28 September 2009
Satellite: JWST
Depicts: NIRSpec prototype demonstration model without its cover
Copyright: EADS Astrium

The NIRSpec demonstration model is mechanically representative of the flight instrument, but only the pick-off mirror and foreoptics are optically functional and a near-infrared detector array has been placed in the position of the micro-shutter array.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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