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All the speed and distance data is with respect to an Earth-centered coordinate system. With much higher speeds early in the trip, Webb covers a large percentage of the distance to L2 orbit early in its trip. This can be seen by toggling the "time" vs "distance %" views on the "progress line".
- Deployment Explorer
Interactively explore Webb's deployments on this page. Webb...
- Deployment Explorer
This is a real-time indicator of Voyagers' straight-line distance from the sun in astronomical units (AU) and either miles (mi) or kilometers (km). One-Way Light Time: The elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object.
The international record-keeping body FAI (Fédération aéronautique internationale) defines the Kármán line at an altitude of 100 kilometres (54 nautical miles; 62 miles; 330,000 feet) above mean sea level.
9 gru 2022 · In early 2021, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announced The Line: a “ civilizational revolution ” that would house up to 9 million people in a zero-carbon megacity, 170...
26 sty 2024 · Thus, the horizon is where you see the “edge” of Earth against the sky or, geometrically speaking, where the line of your gaze is tangent to the ground: Extend a line from your eye to the...
20 gru 2018 · In the 1900s, Hungarian physicist Theodore von Kármán determined the boundary to be around 50 miles up, or roughly 80 kilometers above sea level. Today, though, the Kármán line is set at what...
27 lis 2023 · This boundary sits some 62 miles (100 kilometers) above Earth’s surface, and it’s generally accepted as the place where Earth ends and outer space begins. From a cosmic perspective, 100 km...
