Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova C (IM-1)

Status

Success

Nova C (IM-1)

Launch Time
Thu Feb 15, 2024 06:05 UTC

For the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, LC-39A returns to supporting Lunar missions

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $69.75 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Vehicles

Landing Zone 1

B1060

Flight #18

144 day turnaround

284th Falcon recovery attempt

271st successful Falcon recovery

18th consecutive successful Falcon recovery

199th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Manifest

Mission Details

Nova C

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.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 1,931.0 kg

Trans Lunar Injection

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Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

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Stats

2024

30th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

314th mission

14th mission of 2024

308th successful mission

280th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

300th mission

14th mission of 2024

297th successful mission

271st consecutive successful mission