NASA | Webb Telescope Backplane Arrives at GSFC
Webb Telescope's Backplane arrived at
Joint Base Andrews on Monday, August 24,
2015 aboard a
U.S. Air Force C-5 cargo plane. The Backplane, inside the
Space Telescope Transporter for Air
Road and Sea (STTARS) container, is off-loaded from the
C-5 and carefully transported to
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. There the container is moved into the cleanroom and opened in preparation for the removal of the Backplane.
The Webb Telescope's Backplane is a large composite structure that holds and supports Webb's hexagonal mirrors. The backplane supports the weight of the 21-foot (6.5 m) diameter mirror, and 5,
300 lbs (
2400 kg) of telescope optics and instruments.
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