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You don't need to worry about the observatory hitting Santa Claus because NASA is launching it early Christmas morning.
While St. Nick is wrapping up his annual world tour, an Ariane 5 rocket will be launching from South America with a space telescope.
Santa is not expected to cross paths with the Ariane 5 rocket, which is scheduled to lift off during a 32-minute window that opens at 7:21 a.m. On Saturday. The launch site is near the French Guiana coastline.
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Santa will be far away from French Guiana by the time the rocket launches, and his sleigh will also be flying in the opposite direction. Santa has to fly west, but the Ariane 5 will pass over Africa before it heads out into space.
There is no chance that the telescope will circle around the planet after it is launched. The Sun-Earth lagrange point 2 is 930,000 miles away from our planet.
Santa will be able to take a quick trip to the International Space Station with his "StarSleigh-1/Rudolph Rocket" on Christmas Eve.
Kriss Kringle usually arrives on Christmas Eve between 9 pm and midnight local time, according to the NORAD. The astronauts at the International Space Station live on Universal Coordinated Time, so their delivery should arrive between the hours of 4 and 7. On Dec. 24. There is no risk of Santa crashing into the house.
NORAD's Santa tracker can be used to track Santa's path around the world. On Friday, you can watch a NORAD video of his space station delivery.
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