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Paris, 2 June 2021. – The giant James Webb Space Telescope is on Arianespace’s launch manifest for t

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James Webb launch timeline. Source: ESA press kit, www.esa.int
Paris, 2 June 2021. The giant James Webb Space Telescope is on Arianespaces launch manifest for the fourth quarter of this year, officials from the European launcher and the U.S. space agency said.
The telescope could be shipped from the U.S. to French Guiana late August, Thomas Zurbuchen, NASAs science mission director, said at a virtual press briefing and mission update.
The European Space Agency (ESA) calculates that the assembly…

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