SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches Roman Space Telescope

Instantaneous launch window: August 30th at 7:25:49AM EDT (11:25:49 UTC) Mission: Falcon Heavy launch of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth. Target orbit: Transfer orbit to Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 2 (L2) Center Core: B1XXX-1 Center Core history: New Booster Center Core Recovery: None, will be expended MY Side Booster: B1072-3; 122d 21h 13min turnaround MY Side Booster history: GOES-U and Viasat-3 F3 PY Side Booster: B1XXX-1 PY Side Booster history: New Booster Side boosters recovery: Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) and Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40) Fairing halves: Unknown Fairing recovery: Doug Rocket trajectory: East-Northeast Payload mass: Approximately 10.5 metric tons Stats: - SpaceX's 714th launch overall. - SpaceX's 105th launch of the year. - SpaceX's 14th and last launch of the month. - Earth's 206th orbital launch of the year. - Falcon's 332nd launch since the last failure. - Falcon Heavy's 13th orbital flight. - SpaceX's 127th launch from LC-39A. - 19th landing on LZ-2 out of 19 attempts. - 6th landing on LZ-40 out of 6 attempts. - 112th and 113th landing of a Falcon booster on land out of 113 and 114 attempts. - 656th and 657th overall landing of a Falcon booster out of 668 and 669 attempts. - 315th and 316th successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one. Source: