Ariane 5 ECA launch
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Date: 26 July 2013
Depicts: Launch of an Ariane 5 ECA
Copyright: ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE-Optique Photo Video du CSG, 2013
The James Webb Space Telescope will launch on an Ariane 5 ECA. The image here shows an Ariane 5 ECA lifting off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 25 July 2013, carrying Europe's telecom satellite Alphasat.
Last Update: 20 December 2019