Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Others
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Nova-C IM-2 & Others
This is the second mission of Nova-C lunar lander developed and built by Intuitive Machines. This time it carries a NASA payload called PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1), which is to be the first demonstration of in-situ resource utilization on the Moon. PRIME-1 consists of two instruments: TRIDENT drill and Msolo mass spectrometer. Also on board are: * Lunar Trailblazer, a small (class D) lunar orbiter, part of NASA's SIMPLEx program, that will detect and map water on the lunar surface to determine how its form, abundance, and location relate to geology. Its mission is to aid in the understanding of lunar water and the Moon's water cycle. * Odin, a spacecraft for AstroForge, a company that plans to mine asteroid resources. Odin intends to head into deep space to observe near-Earth asteroid 2022 OB5 in preparation for their first retrieval mission. Odin will fly by the asteroid at a distance of about 1 kilometer, arriving 11 months after launch. * CHIMERA GEO 1, a transfer spacecraft by Epic Aerospace to a geostationary orbit, with the aim of covering an orbital position. For this launch, CHIMERA-GEO is carrying an unidentified 16U cubesat manifested by Exolaunch.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 400
Consecutive Success 103
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1083
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 9
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-27T01:23:00+0000
Nova-C IM-2 acquisition of signal confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-27T01:13:00+0000
All spacecraft deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-27T00:16:00+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2025-02-26T23:30:00+0000
Official Webcast by NASA has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-26T23:29:00+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Nosu
2025-02-25T18:38:00+0000
Weather is >95% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-22T03:17:00+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-04T19:21:00+0000
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-01T15:58:00+0000
Added approximate launch time.
hitura-nobad
2025-01-09T15:00:00+0000
NET February 26th
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-12-11T19:30:00+0000
NET February 27.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-14T14:12:00+0000
NET February.
Nosu
2024-09-13T06:39:00+0000
Targeting between January 1 and January 5, 2025
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-09T09:58:12+0000
NET December 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-24T07:30:25+0000
NET Q4 2024.
Nosu
2022-06-24T11:58:41+0000
NET mid-2023
Related Events
Nova-C IM-2 Lunar Landing News Conference
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NASA and Intuitive Machines will host a news conference to discuss the mission, technology demonstrations, and science opportunities that lie ahead as they begin lunar surface operations.
Nova-C IM-2 Lunar Landing
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The Intuitive Machines Nova-C IM-2 lunar lander will attempt to land on the surface of the Moon.
Nova-C IM-2 Lunar Science & Tech media teleconference
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NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon. The mission is part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence. Briefing participants include: - Joel Kearns, deputy associate administration for exploration, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Niki Werkheiser, director, technology maturation, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Jackie Quinn, PRIME-1 principal investigator, NASA Kennedy Space Center - Daniel Cremons, LRA deputy principal investigator, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Bethany Ehlmann, Lunar Trailblazer principal investigator, CalTech University - Trent Martin, senior vice president, space systems, Intuitive Machines - Thierry Klein, President of Bell Labs Solution Research, Nokia
Nova-C IM-2 Science Media Teleconference
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NASA will host a media teleconference to discuss the agency’s science and technology flying aboard Intuitive Machines’ second flight to the Moon. The mission is part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign to establish a long-term lunar presence. Briefing participants include: - Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Niki Werkheiser, director, technology maturation, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Trent Martin, senior vice president, space systems, Intuitive Machines
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