Status
Nova C (IM-1)
Launch Time
Sat Jan 13, 2024 03:47 UTC
Sat Jan 13, 2024 03:47 UTC
Launch date is dependent on NASA and DOD missions having priority.
Rocket
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