Another lunar lander coming up! 2024 is an exciting year!
Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-02-15, 01:05 |
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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 |
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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.
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.