James Webb telescope launch today: Where to watch LIVE

The James Webb telescope launch is set for today and fans in India can watch it LIVE. Check livestream details.

The Ariane 5 rocket with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope onboard the launch pad at Europe's Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.  (AP)

After endless delays due to unforeseen circumstances, the James Webb space telescope is ready to go to space. Sitting atop the Arian 5 rocket at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, humanity's most ambitious space telescope is only moments away from letting us deep dive into the secrets of the universe and gain more knowledge. NASA will be streaming this occasion live on several platforms.

The James Webb telescope launch will be broadcasted LIVE across the world by NASA. The best part? Space geeks and astronomers in India will be able to catch the launch in earthly hours. The launch is scheduled for 7:20am EST, which means India can witness it 5:50pm in the evening.

James Webb telescope launch: Where to watch it?

NASA will be broadcasting the launch live on its YouTube page. The broadcast will begin from 4:30pm in India and if it all goes right, the countdown will come to zero at 5:50pm IST; the moment where the Ariane 5 rocket fires it engines and off goes the James Webb telescope into the space.

Apart from YouTube, you can also catch the livestream on NASA TV via the NASA website. You can also keep an eye for livestream links on Twitter handle of the NASA Webb Telescope account.

James Webb telescope post-launch plans

Once the James Webb telescope lifts off at 5:50pm IST, it will head on to the amin stage separation after 9 minutes, the upper stage separation after 27 minutes, and the deployment of the solar array after 33 minutes since lift-off.

In the next few days, NASA will keep doing course corrections as well as deploying and testing every aspect of the spacecraft. The crucial ones will involve deploying the mirrors and the Sunshield over the course of the next few days.

13 days from today, the James Webb telescope will be fully deployed in the space. NASA will continue testing mirror adjustments and do the orbit insertion burn. And after almost a month, the orbit insertion will be complete and the James Webb telescope will be at our service.