FPS for Roman Space Telescope Completed by NASA

The Focal Plane System, or FPS, for the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope was recently delivered to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado, for integration into the WFI (Wide Field Instrument).

“Roman’s focal plane array is one of the biggest that has ever flown onboard a space-based observatory.”

Mary Walker, Roman WFI manager at Goddard.

The FPS is the hear…