Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Falcon Heavy launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission for SpaceX from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on Aug 30, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Launched Aug 30, 2026 8:26:04 PMSuccess
Flight direction
90° E
orbit unknown: due east assumed
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
About the mission
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.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Sun, Aug 30 · 8:26:04 PM
- Status
- Success
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- L2
- Launch pad
- Launch Complex 39A · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA