A Cassegrain reflector
it is a reflector telescope
Arecibo hosts the largest radio telescope in the world, filling a mountain valley in Puerto Rico. Perhaps you saw it pictured in the James Bond movie "Goldeneye".
A reflecting telescope only uses lenses in the eyepiece. Light is picked up and an image produced by using a concave parabolic mirror.
refracting
No: Galileo's telescope was a Galilean refractor, which is to say it has a single large object lens at the top end and a concave eye lens at the other end. This is not a popular type of telescope now because it has a small field of view, and it is only used for cheap telescopes and opera glasses.
The James Webb telescope.
The replacement for the Hubble is called the James Webb Space Telescope.
At this time (early 2014), the James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch during October of 2018 .
June 2014
The successor of the HST shall be the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
The Hubble Space Telescope will be successed by the James Webb Space Telescope
infrared radiation
infrared radiation
If the Hubble is still working by the time Webb is launched then yes. The Webb is not a replacement, but a successor.
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No. It's scheduled for launch in 2018.
The James Webb telescope is on track for a planned launch in the year 2013.