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This enormous mosaic is Webb’s largest image to date, covering about one-fifth of the Moon’s diameter. Launch date: 25 December 2021 Launch location: Europes Spaceport in French Guiana Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 Orbit: Lagrange point 2, 1. He said that this should happen toward the "end of August. Today, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals Stephan’s Quintet in a new light. The James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) is the next great space science observatory following Hubble. However, he added that NASA and Webb's primary contractor, Northrop Grumman, are close to folding up the telescope and putting it into a shipping container. Seriously.) The space agency's chief of science, Thomas Zurbuchen, said Tuesday that "we don't have a lot of reserve" left in the schedule to prepare for shipment. The first Webb image was released to the public via a press conference on 11 July 2022. (NASA is keeping precise plans vague due to concerns about piracy at sea. The James Webb Space Telescope was launched on 25 December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, and arrived at the SunEarth L 2 Lagrange point in January 2022. Sat 20.39 EST The much-delayed launch of the James Webb space telescope will go ahead on 24 December, Nasa and the company overseeing the launch have confirmed.

NASA plans to ship the telescope to the launch site by boat late this summer. These factors include shipment of the telescope, the readiness of the Ariane 5 rocket, and the readiness of the spaceport in South America as well. Romero said she did not expect to identify a new launch date until later this summer or early fall. Further Reading Webb space telescope launch delayed seven more months to late 2021ĭuring a press briefing with reporters on Tuesday, the telescope's director for launch services, Beatriz Romero, said that there are a "combination of different factors" to consider when setting a new launch date.