Summary

  • The European space telescope Euclid is launching from Florida

  • The €1.4bn (£1.2bn) Euclid telescope is primed to go up on a Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral at 11:12 local time (15:12 GMT/16:12 BST)

  • The mission will make an immense 3D map of the cosmos in a bid to better understand so-called dark matter and dark energy

  • Although primarily a European Space Agency project, the mission has significant scientific and engineering inputs from the US space agency Nasa

  • There won't be regular text updates on this page, but you can watch coverage by clicking play above

Live Reporting

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    A mission to uncover the secrets of the Cosmos?

    Sounds tantalising and whilst we won’t get any answers today, you can watch the beginning of Euclid’s adventure with its launch from Florida this afternoon.

    Welcome to live coverage of the lift-off from Cape Canaveral, where you will be able to watch the countdown and launch of the rocket carrying the Euclid telescope.

    A collaboration between the European Space Agency and Nasa, Euclid aims to tie down some of the properties of so-called dark matter and dark energy.

    We won’t be bringing you any further text updates on this page, but enjoy the excitement of the launch by watching the video coverage by clicking play at the top.