James Webb Telescope Launch Trajectory 2021. ESA-MPedoussaut After its arrival in the final assembly building Webb was slowly hoisted nearly 130 feet and then perfectly aligned on top of the Ariane 5 after which technicians bolted. 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 James Webb Space Telescope will not be in orbit around the Earth like the Hubble Space Telescope is - it will actually orbit the Sun 15 million kilometers 1 million miles away from the Earth at what is called the second Lagrange point or L2. The Arianne 5 must carefully insert JWST onto a trajectory that will take it past the Moons orbit and to L2. 11 NASAs James Webb Space Telescope was secured on top of the Ariane 5 rocket that will launch it to space from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana.
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The James Webb Space Telescope will be the worlds premier space science observatory when it launches in 2021. Eastern time on Saturday from a European-managed spaceport in French Guiana on the coast of South America. The James Webb Space Telescope will be the worlds premier space science observatory when it launches in 2021. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners.