SpaceX sends $4.3bn Roman Space Telescope to look for 'weird, rare’ stars, planets
SpaceX has achieved another milestone by successfully launching NASA's Roman Space Telescope into orbit. This groundbreaking observatory is designed to delve into the mysteries of distant planets and the enigmatic forces of dark energy. Its expansive field of view is one hundred times that of the Hubble Space Telescope, enabling it to work in tandem with other instruments, paving the way for…
SpaceX delivered NASA's $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope into orbit following a successful launch aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center. The telescope, named after NASA's first chief astronomer, Nancy Grace Roman, is on a mission to survey the universe at an unprecedented pace. Over a three-month journey to a point roughly 1 million miles from Earth, Roman will hunt for planets around distant stars, probe dark energy, and catalog billions of galaxies and stars.
Its field of view is 100 times wider than that of the Hubble Space Telescope, allowing it to find the rare and unusual. Among its targets are stars with planets, which will be further studied by the more precise Webb Telescope. Roman's speed and wide field of view are its defining features, enabling it to cover what would take Hubble a century to observe.
The telescope was built using surplus hardware from a spy satellite, donated by the National Reconnaissance Office.
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