NASA’s Roman Space Telescope: Falcon Heavy Passes Max Q
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope passed Max Q, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure during ascent. Max Q occurs when the combination of the rocket’s speed and surrounding air pressure places the greatest mechanical stress on the rocket. The post NASA’s Roman Space Telescope: Falcon Heavy Passes Max Q appeared first on NASA Science .
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope passed Max Q, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure during ascent. The rocket is scheduled to launch the telescope from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with the first launch window opening at 7:26 a.m. EDT.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is heading towards the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, or L2, nearly 1 million miles from Earth, where it will have a wide and relatively unobstructed view of the sky. According to NASA, the telescope will investigate dark matter, dark energy, and the structure of the universe itself, and accelerate the discovery of potentially habitable planets outside our solar system.
The telescope is expected to produce thousands of images each day and make all of its data available for anyone to use. It will be outfitted with a 300-megapixel near-infrared camera and two primary instruments. The launch was initially scheduled for Sunday, August 30, but weather conditions gave a 50 per cent chance of favourable launch conditions, according to the 45th Weather Squadron.
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