Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
SpaceX · Falcon Heavy · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
SpaceX's 712th launch · 93rd this year · humanity's 7,366th orbital launch attempt
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Window: Aug 30, 11:20 – Aug 30, 11:20 UTC
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope with a 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wide field of view primary mirror and two scientific instruments. The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300.8-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera, providing a sharpness of images comparable to that achieved by the Hubble Space Telescope over a 0.28 square degree field of view, 100 times larger than imaging cameras on the Hubble. The Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast, small field of view camera and spectrometer covering visible and near-infrared wavelengths using novel starlight-suppression technology. Roman objectives include a search for extra-solar planets using gravitational microlensing, and probing the expansion history of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structure, with the goal of measuring the effects of dark energy, the consistency of general relativity, and the curvature of spacetime.
Astrophysics · Sun-Earth L2 (L2)
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Cosmic_Penguin · 7/17/2026 · source
Added tentative launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2026 · source
NET August 30.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/2/2026 · source
NET late August.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/16/2026 · source
May move up to NET early September.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/21/2026 · source
NET September 28.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2026 · source
NET September.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/7/2026 · source
Adding launch NET October 2026
Nosu · 7/20/2022 · source
News
NASA Invites Media to Roman Space Telescope, Crew-13 Launches
Media accreditation now is open for the launch of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the agency’s SpaceX Crew-13 missions, both targeting launch in the coming months. The Roman telescope is slated to launch no earlier than 7:20 a.m. EDT Sunday, Aug. 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at […]
NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Spot Distant Black Holes That Shred Stars
How do black holes at the center of galaxies form and grow over time? To answer this question, scientists need to detect and study supermassive black holes at great distances, which existed much earlier in the universe’s history. New research suggests NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is on track to launch Aug. 30, […]
NASA’s Roman telescope into prelaunch servicing following arrival in Florida
NASA’s next space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, arrived at Kennedy Space Center…
Roman Space Telescope Arrives at Space Coast
Under budget and ahead of schedule, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has crossed another milestone in its journey to the stars.
Roman Telescope Comes to Kennedy
In this June 21, 2026, photo, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge. After offloading and transportation to the spaceport’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Roman will undergo processing ahead of launch, targeted no earlier than Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. Named for NASA’s first […]
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives in Florida
The $4.3 billion observatory will go through about 70 days of prelaunch processing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center before it launches on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket no earlier than August 30.
Pad — Launch Complex 39A
Local pad time: Aug 30, 7:20 AM EDT
222 launches from this pad · 281 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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