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The release date of the James Webb space telescope by an Ariane 5 rocket, postponed several times, was confirmed for December 24 by the NASA and Arianespace on Saturday.
“The launch of the space telescope James Webb is confirmed for December 24 at 6:20 a.m. in Kourou, “Arianespace tweeted.
The telescopio James Webb It will be the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched into space.
It was built in under the direction of the NASA, and incorporates instruments from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian (CSA).
His launch from the Kourou base, which he arrived at in October from California, was postponed twice due to minor problems.
The NASA and Arianespace wanted to exclude any risk related to the launch of the instrument, developed for more than 20 years at a cost close to ten billion dollars.
The joint NASA and Arianespace teams “have successfully encapsulated the observatory on the Ariane 5 rocket,” explained the NASA when confirming the release date.
The telescope was placed on the head of the rocket.
A general launch review will take place on December 21, and if everything is ready, the rocket will move to the launch stage on December 22, NASA said.
Presented as the successor to the hubble telescope, launched in 1990, the telescopio James Webb it must explore with unmatched precision all phases of the cosmos, up to the early ages of the Universe and the formation of the first galaxies.
It will orbit the Sun, 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.
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