The telescope is headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres from Earth.
Kourou, France:
The world’s strongest area telescope on Saturday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope left Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana at 1220 GMT, based on an AFP journalist on the scene.
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