NASA Roman Space Telescope: SpaceX Second Stage Burn Begins

NASA Science reports that the SpaceX Falcon Heavy's second stage has restarted its engine for a second burn, expected to last about two minutes. The engine cutoff is expected at about eight minutes and twenty-eight seconds into the flight, with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope scheduled to separate about five minutes later. The next milestone is the telescope's separation from the rocket.

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