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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launched
Published on 29 Sep 2026
- Launched 30 Aug 2026 at 7:26 a.m. EDT on SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A.
- $4.3 bn NASA flagship (18,000 lb); 300-megapixel Wide Field Instrument (100× Hubble field of view).
- Separated 31 min after liftoff; three-month journey to Sun-Earth L2 (~1 million miles).
- Side boosters recovered at Cape Canaveral.
- Five-year science mission; communications via TDRS then Deep Space Network.
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