Transcript Deploying JWST Bob Giampaoli JWST Chief Systems Engineer

Deploying
JWST
Bob Giampaoli
JWST Chief Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
JWST Observatory
End of the Dark Ages
• Bright, clear
Assembly
of Galaxies
images
Birth of•Stars
Longand
lifetime
Protoplanetary Systems
Planets and Origins
of Life• Big and Cold
• Focused and
Steady
• Reliable and
Passive
Size of JWST driven by science
requirements, deployments driven
by launch constraints
Packaging a Large Telescope
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Sunshield Development
Progressing with Full Scale
Engineering Models
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Unfurling Large Deployables
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INMARSAT 4,
Thuraya, MBSAT
Northrop Grumman has successfully deployed
systems of equal or greater complexity than JWST
Northrop Grumman Expertise in Space
Deployable Systems
• Over 45 years experience in the design,
manufacture, integration, verification and flight
operation of spacecraft deployables
• 100% mission success rate, comprising over 640
deployable systems with over 2000 elements
History-Making Astronomy Through
Teamwork