SpaceX is targeting Sunday, August 30 for Falcon Heavy’s launch of NASA’s Roman Space Telescope from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 7:26 a.m. ET, with a backup opportunity available on Monday, August 31 at 7:22 a.m. ET.


A live webcast of this mission will begin about one hour prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. 

This is the first and third flight for the two first stage side boosters supporting this mission, which previously launched the GOES-U and Viasat-3 F3 missions.

The Roman Space Telescope is a NASA flagship observatory designed to study dark energy and dark matter to help scientists unravel mysteries of the universe. Once at its final destination at Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2, Roman will have an unobstructed view of the universe, and with a wide field of view at least 100 times larger than the Hubble Space Telescope, Roman will be able to map billions of galaxies, discover new exoplanets, study black holes, and more.