Nasa is reportedly taking steps to fix a computer glitch on the $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope, which has caused the flagship observatory to miss its scheduled launch date.

The telescope’s onboard computer failed to initialize properly a few weeks ago, leading to the postponement of the launch, which was originally scheduled for October 2018.

Nasa has since been working to correct the issue, and the agency now says it is on track to launch the telescope in early 2020.

“The Webb telescope is the highest priority project for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate, and the team is working …