The James Webb Space Telescope reached L2 the other day. How do they KNOW it’s there?

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With JWST being so far out there, how do they know it reached the correct location and made it into stable orbit? What are they measuring/referencing to verify it’s where it needs to be?

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It communicates and says it has arrived.

You can also tell which direction a signal from space is coming from when you use a dish to pick it up as the dish will gets the best signal when pointing directly at what is giving off the signal.

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