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Tuesday 20 October 2026

NASA's Roman Space Telescope left 39A on Falcon Heavy at 7:26

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on 30 August. It's heading to an orbit about 1.5 million km from Earth.

Liora Hale Monday 31 August 2026, open calendar24 min read

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Here's what happened. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope left Launch Complex 39A at 7:26 a.m. Eastern on Sunday, 30 August. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy did the lifting, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The time was not a window any more. It was the clock on the event.

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Liora Hale Monday 31 August 2026 at 6:17 am Adelaide, open calendar24 min read

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