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Other Designations: Webb Space Telescope. Manufacturer's Designation: Next Generation Space Telescope. Code Name: NGST. Class: Astronomy. Type: Visible. Nation: USA.

6 m deep space telescope slated to replace the Hubble Space Telescope from 2010.

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  • 2002 September 5 - Webb / Next Generation Space Telescope contract award -
    NASA awarded TRW a $824 million contract to build the Next Generation Space Telescope, redesignated the James Webb Space Telescope. TRW beat out Lockheed Martin, builder of the Hubble Space Telescope which the Webb was to replace. Launch of the 6-metre aperture telescope was not expected until 2010 at the earliest.

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