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Over about the next two weeks, #NASA will provide broadcast coverage, a media briefing, and other updates on major deployment milestones for the #jameswebb #spacetelescope, the world's largest and most powerful space science telescope.
Broadcasts of milestone events will air live on #NASA TV, the #NASA app, and the agency's website.
Webb, an international partnership with the ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, launched Dec. 25 from Europe's Spaceport in #Kourou, #frenchguiana. The observatory had been folded up, origami style, to fit inside an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket for launch. Webb is now in the complex and intricate process of unfolding in space, as it travels nearly 1 million miles to its destination, the second Lagrange point or L2.
Webb's deployment sequence is a human-controlled process that provides the team with the flexibility to pause, assess data, and adjust as needed. The timing and order of all milestones may therefore change. #NASA will host live broadcast coverage to mark the following milestones, with specific times and dates updated as they approach:
NASA provides regular updates on the Webb telescope blog. The public can also follow Webb's deployments online via a "Where is Webb?" interactive tracker and a Deployments Explorer.
Further information in the press release to download
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