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Custom-Built Machining Centers Create Telescope Mirrors Mar 31 2006
Each mirror segment requires 18 weeks of machine time, two weeks for heat treatment, and a week for inspection. The mirror segments are shipped to another company for months of polishing.
The JWST is scheduled for launch in June 2013, effectively replacing the Hubble Space Telescope. The JWST will study the earliest galaxies and some of the first stars formed after the Big Bang.