European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched the Euclid Space Telescope on 1st July. The telescope was lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
It was launched with the help of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Falcon 9 first-stage engines burned for just over two-and-a-half minutes before stage separation and eventual ignition of the single Merlin 1D MVac second-stage engine, which performed a burn for just over five minutes.
Euclid will take a month to travel through space to its operational orbit, Lagrange Point 2. The ESA expects to share the first images later this fall. The space telescope will help in creating a 3D map of the universe. It will also be capable of seeing as far back as 10 billion light years.
