Neither the Hubble Space Telescope nor the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be used to track or observe the Artemis II spacecraft during its mission.
Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble orbits Earth at about 320 miles (515 km) altitude—well within low Earth orbit (LEO). Artemis II will quickly move beyond LEO into a high Earth orbit and then on a trajectory around the Moon, reaching distances over 200,000 miles (320,000 km) from Earth. At such distances, Hubble is not equipped or tasked to track spacecraft like Orion. Its instruments are designed for deep-space astronomy, not close-up tracking of human-made objects.
James Webb Space Telescope
Webb operates from Lagrange Point 2 (L2), nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million km) from Earth. From this vantage point, it cannot safely point toward Earth or the Moon—doing so would risk exposing its sensitive instruments to bright light and heat, violating its solar avoidance constraints. Therefore, Webb cannot observe Artemis II at any phase of the mission. Brave
Neither the Hubble Space Telescope nor the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be used to track or observe the Artemis II spacecraft during its mission.
Hubble Space Telescope Hubble orbits Earth at about 320 miles (515 km) altitude—well within low Earth orbit (LEO). Artemis II will quickly move beyond LEO into a high Earth orbit and then on a trajectory around the Moon, reaching distances over 200,000 miles (320,000 km) from Earth. At such distances, Hubble is not equipped or tasked to track spacecraft like Orion. Its instruments are designed for deep-space astronomy, not close-up tracking of human-made objects.
James Webb Space Telescope Webb operates from Lagrange Point 2 (L2), nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million km) from Earth. From this vantage point, it cannot safely point toward Earth or the Moon—doing so would risk exposing its sensitive instruments to bright light and heat, violating its solar avoidance constraints. Therefore, Webb cannot observe Artemis II at any phase of the mission. Brave
What is this new trend where people just copy and paste what AI says?
Incredibly depressing to see that being done here of all places. Its so intellectually lazy.