. The James Webb Space Telescope NASAs premier observatory of the next decade successfully launched to space Saturday morning. The Ariane 5 rocket with NASAs James Webb Space Telescope on board is seen on the launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou French Guiana on Dec.

The launch was a success but mission controls work is just beginning. The surface of the Earth at the equator is moving at 1670 kmhr. Scheduled for 720 am.

Saturday December 25 2021.

The telescope will study exoplanets in new ways and look deeper into. By Rachel Feltman Published Dec 25 2021 806 AM. ESA-CNES-ArianespaceOptique video du CSG P Piron. Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope.