Roman Space Telescope

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than October, 2026

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Launch Notes

Launch is targeted for No Earlier Then (NET) October 2026, and No Later Then (NLT) May 2027.

Roman Space Telescope

(Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope)

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The Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics. The telescope has a primary mirror that is 2.4 meters in diameter (7.9 feet) and is the same size as the Hubble Space Telescope's primary mirror. The Roman Space Telescope will have two instruments, the Wide Field Instrument, and the Coronagraph Instrument. The Wide Field Instrument will have a field of view that is 100 times greater than the Hubble infrared instrument, capturing more of the sky with less observing time. As the primary instrument, the Wide Field Instrument will measure light from a billion galaxies over the course of the mission lifetime. It will perform a microlensing survey of the inner Milky Way to find ~2,600 exoplanets. The Coronagraph Instrument will perform high-contrast imaging and spectroscopy of individual nearby exoplanets. (https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/about.html)

Manufacturer: Goddard Space Flight Center

Operator: NASA

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

10,150 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Falcon Heavy

Active Since 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$97.00 million

Rocket

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 63,800 kg

GTO: 26,700 kg

Liftoff Thrust

22,819 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

LC-39A

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

5 days 6 hours