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Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

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Liftoff
08:26 AM
ADT · Aug 30, 2026
Bearing
259°
West

Mission

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope with a 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wide field of view primary mirror and two scientific instruments. The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300.8-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera, providing a sharpness of images comparable to that achieved by the Hubble Space Telescope over a 0.28 square degree field of view, 100 times larger than imaging cameras on the Hubble. The Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast, small field of view camera and spectrometer covering visible and near-infrared wavelengths using novel starlight-suppression technology. Roman objectives include a search for extra-solar planets using gravitational microlensing, and probing the expansion history of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structure, with the goal of measuring the effects of dark energy, the consistency of general relativity, and the curvature of spacetime.

Target orbit: Sun-Earth L2

How to watch from Bermuda

Visibility from Bermuda is uncertain — we lack a confident trajectory match for this mission.

Face west (258.9865840268977°) and sweep along the trajectory. Start scanning the sky about six minutes after liftoff.

Sweep order (approximate)

  1. 01southwest
  2. 02west
  3. 03northwest
  4. 04north
  5. 05northeast

You are standing at the amber dot in the middle. The solid cyan arrow is where to aim your eyes — roughly where the rocket will appear highest in the sky. The dotted cyan arc traces the rocket's motion across the sky, with the arrow showing which way it travels.

Lighting note

Daylight viewing is challenging — the plume gets washed out. Look for a bright moving dot against the sky, and use binoculars if you have them.

Bermuda weather

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Falcon Heavy mission profile

Typical stage events

Illustrative timings from published Falcon Heavy press kits. Actual events vary by mission profile, payload, and recovery method. Telemetry-accurate per-mission events coming in v1.x.

Bermuda viewing window

Appears above horizon

08:33 AM ADT

T+7:15

Fades (engine cutoff)

08:34 AM ADT

T+8:32

Visible for

~1 min 17 sec

The rocket rises low in the SW, arcs across the sky toward W, and fades in the WNW when engines cut out. Under clear skies and with minimal light pollution, the rocket plume is typically visible as a slow-moving bright star between these times.

Times assume on-time liftoff. Add ~30–90 sec uncertainty for typical per-mission timing variance; launch delays move the whole window.

  1. T+0Liftoff
  2. T+1:07Max-Q
  3. T+2:29Side boosters MECO
  4. T+2:32Side-booster separation
  5. T+2:48Center-core MECO
  6. T+2:52Center-core separation
  7. T+3:17Fairing jettison
  8. T+8:32Side-booster RTLS landing (approx.)

Launch details

Vehicle
Falcon Heavy
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, USA
Pad coordinates
28.60822681, -80.60428186
Mission type
Sun-Earth L2
Launch window
08:26 AM → 08:26 AM
Lighting at NET
Daylight

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