NASA Reports Roman Telescope’s Final Planned Upper-Stage Burn Complete
NASA said the Falcon Heavy second stage completed its final planned burn for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Roman was still attached during a five-minute coast, with separation scheduled next; the supplied update does not confirm separation or later mission milestones. [1]
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NASA reported that the Falcon Heavy second stage completed its second and final planned burn for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. At the time of the update, NASA said the telescope was still attached to the stage and awaiting a scheduled separation. [1]
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What we know now
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[1] NASA Science, “NASA’s Roman Space Telescope: Final Upper-Stage Burn Complete,” August 30, 2026: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/2026/08/30/nasas-roman-space-telescope-final-upper-stage-burn-complete.
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NASA reported final planned Falcon Heavy upper-stage burn completion and a pending spacecraft-separation schedule. [1]
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Final planned upper-stage burn
NASA reported that the Falcon Heavy second stage completed its second planned burn.Reported burn duration
NASA said the burn lasted about two minutes before SECO-2.Next scheduled milestone
NASA listed spacecraft separation for T+31 minutes, 31 seconds, or about 7:58 a.m. EDT.Status points reported by NASA at the time of its update; the planned separation was not confirmed in the supplied material.
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What NASA reported
In a launch update published on August 30, 2026, NASA recorded completion of the final planned upper-stage burn for its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The agency’s report is an attributed mission-status account rather than independent verification. [1]
- NASA said second-stage engine cutoff 2, known as SECO-2, followed an upper-stage burn of about two minutes.
- NASA described this as the Falcon Heavy second stage’s second and final planned burn for Roman. [1]
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What remained pending
The update described separation as the next scheduled event, not as a completed one. Readers should therefore not infer spacecraft separation, deployment, orbital insertion, or operational status from this report alone. [1]
- Roman remained attached to the second stage during a five-minute coast, according to NASA.
- NASA scheduled separation for T+31 minutes, 31 seconds, approximately 7:58 a.m. EDT. [1]
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What to watch next
NASA’s update identifies spacecraft separation as the next milestone, but does not confirm that it occurred.
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Check a later NASA mission update for confirmation of separation.
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Treat later deployment, orbit, spacecraft-health, and mission-status reports as separate milestones.
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Limits of this edition
The supplied source is a first-party NASA update and is not independently corroborated here.
NASA’s update scheduled spacecraft separation but did not confirm it happened or succeeded.
The source does not establish later deployment, orbit, spacecraft health, or mission status. [1]
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