JWST Attitude Control Subsystem.

Space Telescope Science Institute. (2026). JWST Attitude Control Subsystem. JWST User Documentation.

Type

Book chapter

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2026

Link

https://jwst-docs.stsci.edu/jwst-observatory-hardware/jwst-attitude-control-subsystem

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1 citation across 1 artifact.

Domain-specific

• Guide Star
  • The attitude-control system uses the resulting pointing error to command the fine steering mirror and reaction wheels, holding the guide source at a fixed detector location while the science instruments observe.

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