Falcon Heavy launched NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on a direct trajectory to the Sun-Earth L2 point, 1.5 million kilometers away. The 2.4-meter observatory will survey dark energy, dark matter, and exoplanets, with a census expected to find on the order of 100,000 new worlds. Both side boosters landed back at Kennedy Space Center.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- L2
- Sun-Earth L2
- Payload to orbit
- 9.3 T (est.)
- Flight
- 13th
- of 14 Falcon Heavy flights
- Date and time
- 30 August 2026, 11:26 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon Heavy
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 2026-199
- Launches in 2026
- 208th of 243
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