NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Nova C (IM-1)

Launch Time
Sat Jan 13, 2024 03:47 UTC

Launch date is dependent on NASA and DOD missions having priority.

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $67.0 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

Vehicles

Unknown Vehicle

Landing Zone 1

Mission Details

Nova C

Intuitive Machines will join NASA’s new era of lunar exploration with a robotic landing on the Moon under a contract award announced by NASA CLPS (Commercial Moon Landing Services). The lander will fly as many as five payloads to Oceanus Procellarum, a scientifically intriguing dark spot on the Moon.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,931 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

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

Stats

2024

4th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

301st mission
2nd mission of 2024

Falcon 9

287th mission
2nd mission of 2024