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Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

SpaceX · Launch Complex 39A · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

  • SpaceX's 738th launch
  • 223rd consecutive success
  • 224th flight from Launch Complex 39A
  • 1st flight of booster B1105
Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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Flight Plan

29 milestones · Launch Library 2

Every milestone the provider published for this flight.

  1. T-53:00GO for Prop LoadLaunch director verifies go for propellant load
  2. T-50:00Stage 1 Propellant LoadStart of propellant loading in the first stage
  3. T-45:00Stage 1 LOX LoadStart of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
  4. T-35:00Stage 2 Propellant LoadStart of propellant loading in the second stage
  5. T-18:30Stage 2 LOX LoadStart of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
  6. T-7:00Engine ChillStart of engine chilling
  7. T-0:59StartupThe onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
  8. T-0:45GO for LaunchLaunch director verifies go for launch
  9. T-0:20Tank PressFuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
  10. T-0:06IgnitionStart of the engine ignition sequence
  11. T+0:00LiftoffFirst upwards movement of the rocket
  12. T+1:08Max-QMaximum dynamic pressure
  13. T+2:24SBECOCut-off of the side boosters
  14. T+2:27Boosters SeparationSeparation of the side boosters
  15. T+2:32Boosters FlipFlip maneuver of the side boosters
  16. T+2:43Boosters Boostback Burn StartupStart of the boosters boostback burn
  17. T+3:48Boosters Boostback Burn ShutdownEnd of the boosters boostback burn
  18. T+3:51MECOCut-off of the main engine
  19. T+3:54Stage 2 SeparationSeparation of the second stage from the first
  20. T+4:00SES-1First start of the second engine
  21. T+4:15Fairing SeparationSeparation of the payload fairing
  22. T+6:19Boosters Entry Burn StartupStart of the boosters atmospheric entry burn
  23. T+6:29Boosters Entry Burn ShutdownEnd of the boosters atmospheric entry burn
  24. T+7:23Boosters Landing BurnStart of the boosters landing burn
  25. T+7:40Boosters LandingLanding of the boosters
  26. T+8:28SECO-1First cut-off of the second engine
  27. T+24:33SES-2Second start of the second engine
  28. T+26:32SECO-2Second cut-off of the second engine
  29. T+31:31Payload SeparationFinal deployment of the payload from the rocket

Planned times, published by the launch provider and carried by Launch Library 2 — not measurements. No public feed streams a rocket’s altitude or velocity during ascent, so this site does not show any. Times can move, and a hold moves everything after it.

The Mission

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.

Liftoff (NET)Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:26:04 UTC
Launch window11:25:49 UTC – 11:26:19 UTC
Target orbitSun-Earth L2
StatusLaunch Successful

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Launch Library 2 · fetched Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:07:36 GMT

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