James Webb Space Telescope Initial Launch Date 2021. If all goes as planned the 14000-pound instrument will be released from the French-built rocket after a 26-minute ride into space and gradually unfurl to nearly the size of a tennis court over the next 13 days as it sails onward. Saturday aboard the Ariane 5 rocket from Europes Spaceport in Kourou French Guiana.
The James Webb Space Telescope a joint effort of NASA the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency lifted off from a spaceport near the Equator in Kourou French Guiana a teetering. 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. It will be the most advanced telescope to observe the heavens yet.
Update for 8 am.
Arianespaces Ariane 5 rocket with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope onboard launches from Europes Spaceport the Guiana Space Center in Kourou French Guiana December 25 2021 in a still. Arianespaces Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope onboard Saturday December 25 2021 from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europes Spaceport at the Guiana Space. 24 2021 launch from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou. Saturday aboard the Ariane 5 rocket from Europes Spaceport in Kourou French Guiana.