Webb operates near a point about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

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The James Webb Space Telescope's 18 mirrors are seen fully installed on the James Webb Space Telescope structure at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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~1.5 million km

Webb operates near a point about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

The James Webb Space Telescope travels around the Sun near the Sun-Earth L2 region, about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. It does not circle Earth the way Hubble does.

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