James Webb Space Telescope Launched on Ariane 5 Rocket

[Asia Economy Reporter Jang Sehee] It has been confirmed that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched on the night of the 25th at 9:20 PM (Korean time; local time 9:20 AM on the 25th) aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European Space Agency (ESA) launch site, the 'Guiana Space Centre,' near Kourou in French Guiana.

This marks 32 years since the concept of the next-generation space telescope designed to succeed the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) launched in 1989.

The Webb telescope, undergoing the most complex space deployment for a single mission, will be positioned approximately 1.5 million km away from Earth and, after about six months of preparation, plans to observe the universe in infrared starting next summer.

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