NASA's Roman Completes 3-Minute Course-Correction Burn Toward L2 Orbit
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Updated · Science@NASA · Aug 31
NASA's Roman Completes 3-Minute Course-Correction Burn Toward L2 Orbit
3 articles · Updated · Science@NASA · Aug 31
Summary
At 12:02 p.m. EDT, NASA’s Roman telescope completed an approximately 3-minute mid-course correction burn, marking the first of two planned trajectory adjustments on its way to L2.
The maneuver was designed to keep Roman on course for its final orbit around the Sun-Earth second Lagrange point, where the observatory will operate after orbital insertion.
A second correction burn is planned later this week if needed, while orbital insertion is scheduled about 100 days after launch.
Once established around L2, Roman is expected to need only periodic station-keeping burns roughly every 28 days.