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Cthulhu_ on Sept 8, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: James Webb Space Telescope launch media kit [pdf]

Ariane 5 has a really good track record, with no failed launches since the early 2000's and only a partial failure in 2018: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_5#Launch_statistics

Denvercoder9 on Sept 8, 2021 [–]

The two launches in 2020 saw excessive vibrations on the payload after fairing separation though, which would be pretty terrible for JWST.

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