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Roman deployed straight onto its L2 transfer trajectory a few days ago, no parking orbit. It'll take about three months to get there.


Roman launched on 30 August 2026 and is in transit to the Sun-Earth L2 point, a journey of about three months. Follow it on a live 3D map.

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