Roman Telescope Launches

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Video imagery:

·       Video of Roman launch: NASA

·       Video of telescope separation from rocket: NASA

·       Animation, Roman field of view: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

·       Animation of Roman telescope in space: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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[00:00:11.66] September 17, 2026. Roman Telescope Launches. 

 

[00:00:19.66] On August 30, 2026, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 

 

[00:00:30.81] The telescope is now en route to a stable gravitational position beyond the moon, near where the James Webb Space Telescope is positioned. 

 

[00:00:41.96] Roman's journey to its final orbit will take three months and about one million miles. 

 

[00:00:49.95] As an infrared-light survey telescope, Roman will capture large swaths of the sky that will provide 1.4 terabytes of data each day, the equivalent of 300,000 hi-res digital photos. 

 

[00:01:05.87] Astronomers will use this wealth of information to explore cosmic mysteries including dark matter, dark energy, and worlds outside of our solar system, known as exoplanets. 

 

[00:01:18.44] NASA anticipates releasing Roman's first images by early 2027. 

 

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