Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission. The launch date is currently targeted for August 30, 2026 (UTC).

Space Telescope

Launch overview

Mission

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Mission description

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launches NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center on a mission to a Sun-Earth L2 orbit. The payload is a wide-field infrared space observatory with a 2.4-meter telescope, Wide Field Instrument, and Coronagraph Technology Demonstration that surveys the cosmos to study dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.

Provider

SpaceX

Vehicle

Falcon Heavy

Pad

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, United States

Current T-0

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