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Images of the Backplane

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Caption: A mock-up of the Optical Telescope Element's (OTE) Primary Mirror Backplane Assembly (PMBA) used to simulate handling, installation and alignment, and to check for clearance problems in advance of moving the real telescope between Northrop Grumman’s facility in Redondo Beach California and the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Pictured with the OTE mockup is Josh Levi, the OTE Integration and Test lead.

There is more information on this image and the OTE mock-up in this press release and this one on the Webb Telescope simulator.

Credit: Northrop Grumman


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