The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA’s expectations
📍 The outcome
NASA successfully powered on the Roman Space Telescope’s instruments, activating its primary sensor and testing the coronagraph, and confirmed that its propellant supply will support operations for roughly 22 years—about twice the prior estimate. The mission’s duration was officially extended from an original ten-year timeline to this new 22‑year window, positioning the telescope to use gravitational lensing to search for distant planets.
Coverage of the activation and extension has since quieted.
Epilogue added 25d ago, after coverage quieted.
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The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA’s expectations Ars Technica · 51d ago broke it first
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