James Webb Space Telescope launch from Kourou

**william-1** · 24-12-2021, 20:29:27

NASA Live
https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/countdown.html
https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive
(All times Eastern U.S. time, EST which equates to +5 hrs GMT)
Dec. 25, Saturday
3 a.m. – Update on the fueling of the Ariane 5 rocket for the James Webb Space Telescope launch from Kourou, French Guiana
3:15 a.m. – James Webb Space Telescope highlights and launch pad views from Kourou, French Guiana
6 a.m. – Coverage of the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana (launch scheduled at 7:20 a.m. EST) Goddard Space Flight Center/Space Telescope Science Institute/Kourou, French Guiana
9 a.m. – Webb Space Telescope post-launch briefing from Kourou, French Guiana,

Watch live on line or via 13°east Hotbird 13C 11373 H 27500 NASA TV HD is FTA,

Hopefully the launch will also be on NASA TV in UHD
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**william-1** · 25-12-2021, 15:21:18

Successful Launch of the James Webb Telescope

Only on NASA HD as predicted DTH satellite @ 13E.

Successful seperation of the James Webb Telescope,

Solar Array Deployed Successfully

Webb now begins it's long journey about 1 million miles away from Earth.

**Sat-TV** · 05-01-2022, 13:09:11

Happy that the launch and deployment of the solar array was successful. It's a very expensive project and would have delayed a lot of discoveries if it had failed.
Hope it will reach it's destination without any issues