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January 19, 2022

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[ January 19, 2022 ] SpaceX launches 2,000th Starlink satellite Falcon 9
[ January 17, 2022 ] First Chinese space mission of 2022 rockets into orbit Mission Reports
[ January 17, 2022 ] Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 49 Starlink satellites Falcon 9
[ January 15, 2022 ] Cape Canaveral’s busy January to continue with another Starlink launch Falcon 9
[ January 13, 2022 ] Virgin Orbit celebrates third successful launch in a row Mission Reports

Jupiter’s moons, black holes, exoplanets among JWST’s first scientific targets

December 4, 2017

The James Webb Space Telescope should start returning its first scientific results by the end of 2019, and scientists recently announced a slate of observations selected to whet the appetites of astronomers who will use the multibillion-dollar facility well into the 2020s.