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    Ariane flight VA256 was an Ariane 5 rocket flight that launched the James Webb Space Telescope into space on 25 December 2021. It was 2021's final Ariane...
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    flight number 250 was performed, lifting two communications satellites: TIBA-1 and Inmarsat-5 F5 (GX5). On December 25, 2021, Ariane flight VA256 lifted...
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  • VA256 may refer to: Ariane flight VA256, the Ariane 5 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope Virgin Australia flight 256, with IATA flight number VA256...
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    done for post-flight analysis. Unlike Space Shuttle SRBs, Ariane 5 boosters were not reused. The most recent attempt was for the first Ariane 5 ECA mission...
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  • Press Kits Statistics for flight VA254: 330th Arianespace launch (6th in 2021) 254th Ariane launch (1st in 2021) 110th Ariane 5 launch (1st in 2021) 947th...
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    earlier than November 2021 due to concerns regarding the readiness of the Ariane 5 launch vehicle and launch site. 8 September 2021: JWST launch postponed...
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    Launch and commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope (category Goddard Space Flight Center)
    programs. The launch (designated Ariane flight VA256) took place as scheduled at 12:20 UTC on 25 December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from...
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    has had commercial success with such launches as the Ariane 4, Ariane 5 and Ariane flight VA256 which launched the James Webb Space Telescope into space...
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    James Webb Space Telescope (category Spacecraft launched by Ariane rockets)
    2022. The launch (designated Ariane flight VA256) took place as scheduled at 12:20 UTC on 25 December 2021 on an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from...
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    Spacecraft bus Sunshield Stages Launch and commissioning (2021-2022) Ariane flight VA256 Images Webb's First Deep Field (2022) Discoveries CEERS-93316 (2022)...
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  • Avenue North 'an intentional act'". Retrieved December 25, 2020. "Ariane Flight VA256 - Arianespace". Arianespace. Retrieved 26 December 2021. "Pius VI...
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    on 23 June 2015. Soyuz rollout to ELS pad on 9 October 2012. Ariane 5 flight VA256 lifts off from Kourou with the James Webb Space Telescope on 25 December...
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  • Davenport, Justin (30 July 2021). "Ariane 5 lofts two satellites in important lead-up to James Webb launch". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 31 July 2021....
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