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• 12:03

  Webb Telescope Launch and Deployment Sequence on Ariane 5

  An animation from Northrop Grumman depicts the planned launch of the James Webb Space Telescope on an Ariane 5 and its deployment on the way to Sun-Earth L2, 1 million miles from Earth.

  Published 24 Jan 2017

• 5:08

  Ariane 5 VA256 Launches Webb Telescope From Kourou, 25 Dec 2021

  An Ariane 5 (flight VA256) launched the James Webb Space Telescope from ELA 3 at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou on 25 December 2021 at 12:20 UTC.

  Published 25 Dec 2021

• 2:17:30

  Webb’s Christmas Day Launch on Ariane 5: Countdown to Separation

  Official NASA and ESA broadcast of the James Webb Space Telescope launch on an Ariane 5 from French Guiana on 25 December 2021.

  Published 25 Dec 2021

• 9:13

  Webb’s Ariane 5 Launch from Kourou, Tracked Stage by Stage

  Coverage of the James Webb Space Telescope lifting off on an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Centre on December 25, 2021, at 12:20 GMT.

  Published 25 Dec 2021

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• 50:54

  Galileo: How Europe Built Its Own Satellite Navigation System

  ESA's documentary traces Galileo and EGNOS from the 1990s, when Europe sought independence from GPS, through the GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B test satellites and the first operational launches.

  Published 15 Oct 2026