Roman Space Telescope launch today: Livestream details, when to watch
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Here are ways to follow the liftoff live.
NASA is scheduled to launch its next flagship space observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, on Aug. 30 at 7:26 a.m. ET from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This infrared telescope, which costs about $4.3 billion, boasts Hubble-like sharpness with a field of view 100 times larger than Hubble's, enabling scientists to study billions of galaxies, probe dark energy and dark matter, and discover exoplanets on a massive scale.
The telescope will operate from the second sun-Earth Lagrange point, or L2, about 1 million miles away from Earth, where it will conduct a five-year primary science phase, with the potential to operate for an additional 10 years. NASA will provide a comprehensive livestream of the launch, beginning at 6:20 a.m. ET on Aug. 30, while SpaceX will also offer coverage on its website and X platform.
The launch will only happen at an exact second, with a mandatory cancellation if there is even a minor delay. If any postponement occurs, there is a backup launch window at 7:22 a.m. ET on Aug. 31.
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