WFIRST: The Road to L2. The view from above

  • Released Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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This visualization views the WFIRST trajectory to Sun-Earth Lagrange Two point from above the ecliptic plane.

Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is a next-generation space telescope. It will observe the infrared universe from a halo orbit located at the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point two, located beyond the orbit of the Moon. This visualization views the trajectory from above the ecliptic plane.

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This page was originally published on Tuesday, September 20, 2016.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:08 AM EST.

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