Webb Arrived at L2 Point on January 24, 2022 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Webb Arrived at L2 Point on January 24, 2022

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This mid-course correction burn inserted Webb toward its final orbit around the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, or L2, nearly 1 million miles away from the Earth on January 24, 2022

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NASA

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