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Deployment

These videos show the JWST deploying, and its mirrors unfolding.

General Interest

March 2008 animation of JWST deploying its sunshield and its mirrors.

Length: 1 minutes 19 seconds
 
Formats: Quicktime: 15.7 MB .mov, 4.2 MB .mov, 2.2 MB .mov, 1.1 MB .mov
Windows Media Video: 15.0 MB .wmv, 5.0 MB .wmv, 2.5 MB .wmv, 1.3 MB .wmv

General Interest

This animation shows JWST deploying its sunshield and its mirrors.

Length: 2 minutes 33 seconds
 
Formats: Quicktime: 21.2 MB.mov, 57.9 MB .mov, 15.3 MB .wmv

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Another animation shows JWST deploying its sunshield and its mirrors, as well as how JWST will sit at the L2 Lagrange point.

Length: 2 minutes 23 seconds
 
Formats:Mpeg: 56.4 MB .mpg

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An animation showing how the spacecraft will fold to fit into the rocket it will be launched by.

Length: 2 minutes
 
Formats: Quicktime: 26.9 MB .mov
 

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