# Roman Space Telescope launches on a three-month trek to L2 and a survey 1,000x faster than Hubble

It took seven minutes from liftoff before controllers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, began receiving telemetry from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Riding a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, the observatory departed Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florid

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| Published | 1 September 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/roman-space-telescope-launches-on-a-three-month-trek-to-l2-and-a-survey-1000x-faster-than-hubble/