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New launch date set
The James Webb Space Telescope is now scheduled to launch no sooner than Christmas Eve (Dec. 24), NASA introduced immediately.
“The James Webb Space Telescope team is working a communication issue between the observatory and the launch vehicle system,” NASA officers said in a statement. “This will delay the launch date to no earlier than Friday, Dec. 24. We will provide more information about the new launch date no later than Friday, Dec. 17.”