James Webb Space Telescope's most heat-sensitive instrument continues cooling to absolute zero

Mar 28, 2021
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Where is Webb shows the MIRI optical bench at a temperature of 5.6K and 6.2K on days 103 and 104 respectively post launch 7K is the target temperature. (My speculation is the warmup on day 104 is due to focal plane electronics being powered).
 
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