Another lunar lander coming up! 2024 is an exciting year!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-02-15, 01:05 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2024-02-15, 01:05 (EST) |
| Mission | Nova C (IM-1) |
| Booster | B1060-18 |
| Landing | LZ-1 |
| Payload | Nova-C |
| Customer | Intuitive Machines / NASA |
| Mission success criteria | Successful launch and insertion into trans-lunar injection orbit |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-wJLWLxVwE |
| NASA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvdgoX-3WOM |
| NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBcb_qvHCZ8 |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zazdwjw2xAQ |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUw1yzk7hAk |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1757998261003268536#m |
| The Space Devs |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 3rd launch from LC-39A this year
☑️ 17 days, 4:55:00 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 37th landing on LZ-1
☑️ 14th Falcon 9 launch this year, 200th Falcon 9 launch overall
☑️ 227th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)
☑️ 274th Falcon booster landing, 284th Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 14th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 314th SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)
☑️ 326th SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)
Mission info
- NextSpaceflight mission page
- SpaceX mission page
- NASA mission page
- Ars Technica article
- Spaceflight Now article
- SpaceNews article
- NASASpaceFlight article
First of at least 3 robotic lunar landing missions by Intuitive Machine as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program. The lunar lander, named Odysseus, will fly 6 payloads for NASA and several others for commercial companies to near Malapert A crater near the Moon’s south pole.
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https://nitter.freedit.eu/SpaceX/status/1757142324247953756#m
Targeting Wednesday, February 14 for a Falcon 9 launch of the @Int_Machines IM-1 mission to the Moon from Launch Complex 39A in Florida → spacex.com/launches
Feb 12, 2024 · 8:39 PM UTC
https://nitter.freedit.eu/SpaceX/status/1757623502289686797#m
Standing down from tonight’s attempt due to off-nominal methane temperatures prior to stepping into methane load. Now targeting Thursday, February 15 at 1:05 a.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of the @Int_Machines IM-1 mission from Florida → spacex.com/launches
Feb 14, 2024 · 4:31 AM UTC
IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander has launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and successfully commissioned in space by establishing a stable attitude, solar charging, and radio communications contact with the Company’s mission operations center in Houston.
Off to a good start!
Nice! Hope they get further than Peregrine.
Stage 1 landing confirmed!
SECO, nominal orbital insertion.
Awaiting SES-2, SECO-2, and IM-1 deployment around T+41 minutes.
Weather looking good: https://nitter.freedit.eu/SpaceX/status/1757980861004480541#m
Less than two hours until Falcon 9 launches the @Int_Machines IM-1 mission from Florida. Fueling of the IM-1 lander is underway, and weather is currently 90% favorable for liftoff → spacex.com/launches
Feb 15, 2024 · 4:11 AM UTC
Hopefully they’ve got that methane issue sorted.
SES-2, SECO-2, and nominal orbit insertion.
IM-1 deployment scheduled for around T+48 minutes.
NASA and SpaceX webcasts are live. Megan Cruz (NASA), Jessie Anderson (SpaceX), and Josh Marshall (Intuitive Machines) are hosting.
Methalox fueling of IM-1 finished up just before webcast started. Stage 2 quick disconnect required modification to allow for methane loading.
Poll is go for Falcon 9 propellant load.
Mission Control Audio: “Stage 1 LOX load is complete.”
Mission Control Audio: “Strongback retract in progress.”
Mission Control Audio: “Engine chill has started.”
Mission Control Audio: “Falcon 9 tanks are pressing for strongback retract.”
Mission Control Audio: “Ground gas closeout.”
Mission Control Audio: “Falcon 9 is in startup.”
Mission Control Audio: “LD is go for launch.”
Liftoff!
IM-1 separation confirmed!
