NIRSpec Prototype Demonstration Model
Date: 28 September 2009
Satellite: JWST
Depicts: NIRSpec prototype demonstration model with cover in place
Copyright: EADS Astrium
Photo of the NIRSpec prototype demonstration model with its protective cover in place. This is what the integrated flight instrument will look like.
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
