Webb Telescope Launch Timeline 2021. Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespaces Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASAs James Webb Space Telescope Saturday Dec. 2021 December 20.
STScI announces the selection of Cycle 1 General Observation programs rounding out the science Webb will conduct during its first year in space. James Webb Space Telescope. By Leigh Fletcher John Pye.
The Webb space telescope will launch on an Ariane 5.
The launch to orbit of the James Webb Space Telescope. Webbs launch date is set for December 24 2021 0720am EST 2021-12-24 1220 GMTUTC. An early design concept for the James Webb Space Telescope then referred to as the Next Generation Space Telescope. Webbs flight into orbit will take place on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana.