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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
NASA infrared space telescope launched in 2026
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Roman Space Telescope Launch from Cape Canaveral
Rochester-based L3Harris engineers helped design and refurbish the optical eye of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, enabling unprecedented cosmic surveys and investigations into dark energy. The observatory is slated to launch Sunday at 7:26 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, traveling about a million miles to the Sun-Earth L2 point.
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About Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope that was launched on a trajectory toward a Sun–Earth L2 orbit on 30 August 2026 by a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle. It is named after NASA's first chief of astronomy, Nancy Grace Roman.
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