O James Webb Space Telescopethe most expensive in the history of mankind, as well as the largest space telescope ever built – about 1.5 m smaller than a tennis court – is equipped with 68GB SSD. Yes, 4 GB is more than one iPhone 6C this is smartphone intermediary. The information is amazing when we look at the very high quality of the images captured by the camera. JWSTbut fortunately, it sends its data via the cloud – almost literally.

James Webb periodically sends data by radio

If your mom or grandma is complaining about their mobile phone being chock full of low-quality WhatsApp images, it’s only natural to assume that the SSD James Webb fill quickly. And yes it is it might happen. Storage System JWST can completely fill the SSD in almost 2 hours at a speed of 48 Mbps – and 3% of the SSD is used for the “OS”. But telescope sends data to Earth via the Ka band (25.9 GHz) at 28 Mbps. Twice a day for 4 hours James Webb transfers 28.6 GB (each period) of data to NASA.

So all 57 GB of data, telescope accumulates during the day, sent to Earth, and he can start all over again. Since everything is made with maximum protection against cosmic radiation and habitual use, James Webb SSD will complete the (planned) 10 years of service with 60 GB of storage. Your computer will likely lose more than 8 GB of memory in less time – take care of your SSD.

James Webb: years from production to release

project James Webb telescope was developed National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in collaboration with European and Canadian space agencies. It was originally supposed to be launched in 2007. But some problems delayed the launch of the model, one of them was the high cost of production of the James Webb telescope, which was increasing more and more and back in 2005 made Engineers rethink the original design.

In 2016, the telescope was declared ready, but its project was again put on hold due to construction difficulties and remained so until 2019, when it was finally assembled. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been more delays until NASA finally scheduled for December 18, 2021 for release.

With it, researchers will be able to observe even more things from space, being able to see some of the oldest galaxies in the universe and other celestial bodies such as black holes. Its operation began on July 12, 2022.

Via: DP Review Source: Engadget

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