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JWST Mission

completedLaunch 2021-130
Launched 12/25/2021HEOService COSat EEO SE
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
JWST
active
Science Exploration
cislunar
Launch Details
Launch Date
12/25/2021
Launch ID
2021-130
Launch Profile
Sat EEO SE
Service Type
CO
Customer Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
ArianeSpace
Launch Vehicle
Ariane 5ECA+
Launch Site
Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 3, CSG (Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise)GU
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
active 1
Payload Mission Types
Science Exploration 1
Track
Mentions
2
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

The JWST mission has a cost cap set by Congress of $8,800,000,000 through launch.

FinancialLegalValue 4.2Jul 16, 2020NASA delays JWST launch by seven months

Northrop Grumman declined to accept responsibility for paying the $800,000,000 overrun above the JWST mission's $8,000,000,000 cost cap on the grounds that doing so would create a more fixed-price relationship with NASA.

LegalFinancialGovernanceValue 4.0Jul 26, 2018Northrop CEO offers to link JWST profit to mission success