Space telescope launch confirmed on December 24

New Year’s Eve in the stars. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch date with an Ariane 5 rocket, It has been postponed several times, was confirmed December 24 by NASA and Arianespace on Saturday.

“The launch date for the James Webb Space Telescope has been confirmed for December 24 at 9:20 AM Kourou Time (12:20 PM GMT),” Arianespace wrote on Twitter.

The largest telescope ever to go into space

A highly intricate engineering gem, it will be JWST The largest and most powerful launcher ever. It was built in the United States under the supervision of NASA, and houses instruments from the European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

Its launch from the Kourou base, arriving in October from California, has been postponed twice As a result of simple problems. NASA and Arianespace wanted to exclude any risks associated with the launch of the device, which has been in development for more than 20 years at a cost of about ten billion dollars.

Hubble’s successor

And NASA explained that the joint teams between NASA and Arianespace “succeeded in encapsulating the observatory in an Ariane 5 rocket,” confirming the launch date. The telescope was already placed at the top of the rocket in its cover. NASA said a public review of the launch will take place on December 21, and if everything is ready, the rocket will be brought to the launch pad on December 22.

feet The successor to the Hubble telescope, launched in 1990, JWST should explore with unparalleled precision all phases of the universe, right up to the universe’s earliest ages and the formation of the first galaxies. It will be placed in orbit around the Sun, 1.5 million km from Earth.