Follow the Next Steps in the Webb Space Telescope’s Journey
JWST - Timeline Of Events: The James Webb Space Telescope will not be in orbit around the Earth, like the Hubble Space Telescope is - it will actually orbit the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers (1 million miles) away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange point or L2.
A Twitter Thread by @NASAWebb: Explaining the next steps in Webb’s Journey and what to expect in the months ahead