Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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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.
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Updated launch weather, 60% GO.
Now targeting Aug 30 at 11:25 UTC
Added tentative launch time.
NET late August.
Updated launch weather, 50% GO (launch window per https://x.com/spaceflightnow/status/2093717878302216462).
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
See DetailsThe Falcon Heavy side booster B1072 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 3rd flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 2.
The Falcon Heavy side booster B1104 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 40 after its 1st flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 40.
The Falcon Heavy center core B1105 will be expended.
Core will be expended.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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