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Ariane 5 ECA launch


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.

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