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   * Originally in CHAT   
   * Crossposted in ASTRONOMY   
   * Crossposted in ASTRONET   
      
   Hi All,   
      
   On 2021-12-25 15:24:15, I wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    WvV> Btw: It's now already way past (@48km's) the orbit of geostationairy   
    WvV> satelites (which is about 35,7 km above the earths surface).   
      
   It's now, a day after launch, almost 240 km from earth. That's not even half   
   way the distance to the moon. And about 16,5% of the distance to it's   
   destination point in space. It will take about 29 days to get there. It will   
   take so long to get there, because there is no propulsion anymore (except for   
   some short burns for course corrections). It's in the balistic fase on it's   
   path to it's destination, and because of the gravitational pull of the earth   
   it's constantly slowing down slightly. It speed now is about 1.7 km/s relative   
   to earth, while during the launch fase it topped at about 10 km/s...   
      
   If you're interested you can follow it's journey for yourself on this website:   
      
   https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
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