The James Webb telescope will be launched at Christmas: how to see it live?

The NASA confirmed this Wednesday that the launch of the James Webb telescope, considered the successor of Hubble, will take place on the morning of Christmas Day, December 25, predictably at 12.20 hours GMT (07.20, in Peru), in French Guiana.

NASA reported yesterday a new launch delay, previously scheduled for the 24th, due to bad weather, and set the new date on Christmas Day, although, once the weather forecast was reviewed again.

In a statement he confirmed this afternoon that the launch is scheduled from 07.20 local time (12.20 GMT), with

NASA has already explained that the entire pre-launch process has been reviewed and that the Ariane 5 rocket, responsible for transporting the telescope, is ready for its mission.

The James Webb Space Telescope, named after a former NASA administrator, when launched, capable of surveying hitherto inaccessible worlds and exploring the origins of our solar system.

Here you can follow LIVE the launch of James Webb:

This joint mission of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency will be launched into space from the European spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket on which the telescope has been secured this end of week.

The launch of the telescope, which was originally due to go into orbit in spring 2019, has been delayed at least four other times.

When it begins to operate, the telescope will carry out part of its observations outside the Solar System and exoplanets, for example, will be, according to scientists from the European Space Agency explained last week.

Within the solar system, the telescope, like the gas giants and the frozen planets, but above all it will focus a lot on observing the atmospheres and the structure of those planets.

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