Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

NASA infrared space telescope launched in 2026
Vehicle space_telescope Q7998593
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Summary

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a space telescope[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of space_telescope entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,275 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is in the country of United States[3].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's instance of is recorded as space telescope[4].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is operated by National Aeronautics and Space Administration[5].
  • Nancy Roman is named after Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope[6].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's manufacturer is recorded as Goddard Space Flight Center[7].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's manufacturer is recorded as Exelis Inc.[8].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's manufacturer is recorded as Jet Propulsion Laboratory[9].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Commons category is recorded as Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope[10].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's space launch vehicle is recorded as Falcon Heavy[11].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's parent astronomical body is recorded as Earth[12].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's powered by is recorded as solar cell panel[14].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's powered by is recorded as lithium-ion battery[15].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's powered by is recorded as thruster[16].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's type of orbit is recorded as halo orbit[17].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as August 30, 2026[18].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's official website is recorded as https://wfirst.gsfc.nasa.gov[20].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's official website is recorded as https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/[21].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's official website is recorded as https://www.nasa.gov/roman[22].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's official website is recorded as https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/[23].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's described at URL is recorded as https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/03/19/nasas-roman-telescope-how-james-webbs-successor-will-map-universe-with-colossal-amounts-of[24].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's launch contractor is recorded as SpaceX[25].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Lagrangian point is recorded as L2 Earth-Sun[26].
  • Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's start point is recorded as Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A[27].

Why It Matters

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope ranks in the top 2% of space_telescope entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,275 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wiareport.com. Retrieved . wiareport.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . roman.gsfc.nasa.gov. roman.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . roman.ipac.caltech.edu. roman.ipac.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . roman.gsfc.nasa.gov. roman.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. nasaspaceflight.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . science.nasa.gov. science.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ntrs.nasa.gov. ntrs.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. spacex.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wfirst.ipac.caltech.edu. wfirst.ipac.caltech.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. spacex.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19h ago · Voidxor · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://wfirst.gsfc.nasa.gov, https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/, https://www.nasa.gov/roman +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/"
  2. 2d ago · Chalmd · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 44
    Bbc things id → 2c42e986-e97d-486d-9eb0-4b7dd3c1fdd2
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'as', 'be', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'e
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1617]]: 2c42e986-e97d-486d-9eb0-4b7dd3c1fdd2, Adding BBC Things ID"
  3. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Powered by → solar cell panel, lithium-ion battery, thruster
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+8369'}, {'amount': '+11486'}, {'amount': '+16512'} +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||sk, be, th, hy, tok */ import labels from sitelinks"
  4. 4w ago · Huntster · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Powered by → solar cell panel, lithium-ion battery, thruster
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P516]]: [[Q2822895]]"
  5. 4w ago · Huntster · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → space telescope
    Has part(s) of the class → infrared telescope
    Wikidata description → NASA infrared space telescope launched in 2026
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Moving [[Property:P31]] to [[Property:P2670]]"
  6. 4w ago · MISAKA16785 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope patch.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P154]]: Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope patch.svg"
  7. 5w ago · Huntster · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent astronomical body → Earth
    Native label → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P13460]]: 18799"
  8. 5w ago · Olea · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shazoo tag id → 18798, 18799
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Satellite", "100532"]
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13460]]: 18799, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/181596888|Roman Telescope (#181596888)]] for {{P|13460}}"
  9. 5w ago · Huntster · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cospar id → 2026-199A
    Scn → 100532
    Launch contractor → SpaceX
    Country → United States
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P247]]: 2026-199A"
  10. 5w ago · Huntster · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook username → NASARoman
    Wikidata description → NASA infrared space telescope launched in 2026
    Flickr user id → 195562936@N08
    X (twitter) username → NASARoman
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P619]]: 30 August 2026"
  11. 5w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://wfirst.gsfc.nasa.gov, https://roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/, https://www.nasa.gov/roman +1
    Shazoo tag id → 18798, 18799
    Instance of → space telescope
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||fr, en, de, es, uk, cs, sl, mul */ Cleanup: remove redundant reference URL (P854); add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  12. 5w ago · Huntster · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Logo image → Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope patch.svg
    Utc date of spacecraft launch → +2026-08-30T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P793]]: [[Q797476]]"
  13. 20w ago · Kanneman1903 · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Utc date of spacecraft launch → +2026-08-30T00:00:00Z
    Image → WFIRST spacecraft model.png, ROMANNewModelV8RomanStill00049.png
    Destination point → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: ROMANNewModelV8RomanStill00049.png"
  14. 21w ago · FabC · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Mass → —
    Powered by → —
    Country of origin → —
    Named after → Nancy Roman
    + 50 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1444]]: [[Q15725510]]"
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