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James Webb Space Telescope successfully deploys antenna

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December 27, 2021

NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope successfully deployed a critical antenna Sunday (Dec. 26)  just one day after its Christmas launch into space.

The space telescope unfolded what scientists call a gimbaled antenna assembly that carries the high-rate data dish responsible for beaming Webb’s observations of the early universe back to Earth. Webb launched into spaceSaturday atop an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from a spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

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