Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One
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.
Griffin Mission One
Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines, initially contracted for the cancelled NASA VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission.
Falcon Heavy
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 26700 kg
Liftoff Thrust 22819 kN
Diameter 12.20 Meters
Mass To LEO 63800 kg
Liftoff Mass 1400 Tonnes
Launch Success 11
Consecutive Success 11
Maiden Flight 2018-02-06
Launch Failures 0
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-16T17:41:00+0000
NET November 2025.
Nosu
2024-07-18T06:53:53+0000
VIPER cancelled, but launch of the lander still scheduled for fall 2025
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-05-24T02:12:00+0000
NET 2025.
spacevogel
2022-07-18T20:56:45+0000
Mission delayed due to NASA's request for additional lander tests
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