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launch of an Ariane 5 carrying the James Webb Space Telescope

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2021-12-25T00:00:00Z

rocket launch ELA-3

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Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket is seen in this false color infrared exposure as it launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre.

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is ready to be rolled out to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021.

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen ahead of rollout to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

Ariane 5 con el telescopio espacial James Webb siendo transportado hacia su plataforma de lanzamiento.

Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen in the final assembly building ahead of the planned roll to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021.

Humanity’s Last Glimpse of the James Webb Space Telescope (51775886252)

JWST Launch- Last View of the Telescope (2021-068-01FQRVPP8W778RA3TMD3TTBQ0H)

JWST with Solar Panel Deployed (2021-068-01FVACVGPZZJ70ZV4VE7A3V2NE)

James Webb Space Telescope Launch (NHQ202112250007)

James Webb Space Telescope Prelaunch (NHQ202112250025)

Josef Aschbacher and Thomas Zurbuchen celebrate after hearing confirmation that the James Webb Space Telescope successfully separated from the Ariane 5 rocket.

Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021

Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in the Jupiter Center at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

Monitors show the current status ahead of the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in the Jupiter Center at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen is interviewed by Katy Haswell on NASA television as he and the launch team monitor the countdown of the launch of JWST.

The Ariane 5 rocket on the launch pad in Kourou. Taken by NASA on December 23, 2021. (Photo credit: NASA, original author Bill Ingalls)

Workers sweep the tracks in advance of the rollout to the launch pad of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Europe’s Spaceport.

Type	Description	Date	Keywords	Notes	Source
link	Google Knowledge entry@				Wikidata
major	rocket launch ELA-3	2021			Wikidata
image	Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket is seen in this false color infrared exposure as it launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre.				Wikimedia
image	Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.				Wikimedia
image	Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.				Wikimedia
image	Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.				Wikimedia
image	Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.				Wikimedia
image	Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.				Wikimedia
image	Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is ready to be rolled out to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021.				Wikimedia
image	Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen ahead of rollout to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.				Wikimedia
image	Ariane 5 con el telescopio espacial James Webb siendo transportado hacia su plataforma de lanzamiento.				Wikimedia
image	Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen in the final assembly building ahead of the planned roll to the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021.				Wikimedia
image	Humanity’s Last Glimpse of the James Webb Space Telescope (51775886252)				Wikimedia
image	JWST Launch- Last View of the Telescope (2021-068-01FQRVPP8W778RA3TMD3TTBQ0H)				Wikimedia
image	JWST with Solar Panel Deployed (2021-068-01FVACVGPZZJ70ZV4VE7A3V2NE)				Wikimedia
image	James Webb Space Telescope Launch (NHQ202112250007)				Wikimedia
image	James Webb Space Telescope Prelaunch (NHQ202112250025)				Wikimedia
image	Josef Aschbacher and Thomas Zurbuchen celebrate after hearing confirmation that the James Webb Space Telescope successfully separated from the Ariane 5 rocket.				Wikimedia
image	Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021				Wikimedia
image	Launch teams monitor the countdown to the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in the Jupiter Center at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.				Wikimedia
image	Monitors show the current status ahead of the launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket carrying NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, in the Jupiter Center at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.				Wikimedia
image	NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen is interviewed by Katy Haswell on NASA television as he and the launch team monitor the countdown of the launch of JWST.				Wikimedia
image	The Ariane 5 rocket on the launch pad in Kourou. Taken by NASA on December 23, 2021. (Photo credit: NASA, original author Bill Ingalls)				Wikimedia
image	Workers sweep the tracks in advance of the rollout to the launch pad of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Europe’s Spaceport.				Wikimedia