Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Launch information
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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.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’.
TBD
Status: To Be Determined
Class: normal
Launch T0: Oct. 31, 2026, midnight
Timezone: America/New_York
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (L2) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
SpaceX |
Rocket |
Falcon Heavy |
Location |
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA |
Pad |
Launch Complex 39A |
Type |
Astrophysics |
Orbit |
Sun-Earth L2 (L2) |
Satellites on-board
Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (Oct. 31, 2026).
Launch statistics
Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (Oct. 31, 2026).
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Team Preps to Study Dark Energy via Exploding Stars With NASA’s Roman
The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One of the major goals for NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is to help astronomers gather clues to the mystery. One team is ...
NASA Successfully Joins Sunshade to Roman Observatory’s ‘Exoskeleton’
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission’s deployable aperture cover — a visor-like sunshade that will help prevent unwanted light from entering the telescope — to the outer barrel assembly, another structure d...
Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument Poster
NASA’s Roman Coronagraph Instrument will greatly advance our ability to directly image exoplanets, or planets and disks around other stars. The Roman Coronagraph Instrument, a technology demonstration designed and built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
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