spaceexp: Comparing Webb and HubbleHubble orbits Earth at an altitude of approximately 570 km. It wa
spaceexp: Comparing Webb and HubbleHubble orbits Earth at an altitude of approximately 570 km. It was accessible by the Space Shuttle and had 5 servicing missions.Webb will orbit at the second Lagrange point (L2), roughly 1.5 million km from Earth with no servicing missions possible -- source link