Arianespace has announced the completion of its last mission this year, which successfully launched into transfer orbit the Webb space telescope developed by NASA in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency (CSA). As planned, the Ariane 5 rocket lifted off on 25 December at 09:20 hrs local time from the Guiana space centre in Kourou (French Guiana).
Following its launch into transfer orbit, the telescope has now embarked on a 29-day journey to reach its final position at a location in space known as the second Lagrange point. Once operational, it will be 100 times more powerful than its predecessor, the Hubble Space telescope, helping astronomers observe the first stars and galaxies that formed after the Big Bang.
