James Webb Space Telescope
COSPAR 2021-130A · NORAD 50463
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Mission
- Agency
- NASA
- Launch date
- 2021-12-25
- Status (SATCAT)
- operational
- Launch site code
- FRGUI
- Owner code
- US
- COSPAR ID
- 2021-130A
- NORAD ID
- 50,463
Source:NASA Science · checked 2026-11-02 ↗CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
Orbit
- Orbit center code
- EL2
Source:CelesTrak (data from USSPACECOM / 18 SDS) · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
In everyday life
- It circles the Sun–Earth L2 point about 1.5 million km from Earth — roughly four times the distance to the Moon.
- Someone born in its launch year (2021) turns 5 this year.