Status

Nova-C IM-3 & Others

Launch Time
NET 1st Quarter, 2026
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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

Mission Details

Nova-C IM-3

Third robotic lunar landing missions by Intuitive Machine as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program. The Nova-C lunar lander will fly 4 payloads for NASA, including the Lunar Vertex (LVx) and Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Explorers (CADRE) rovers, and several others for commercial companies to the Reiner Gamma region of the Moon.

Mission will also include Khon-1, Intuitive Machine's first relay satellite as part of their Lunar Data Network constellation.

Payloads: 2
Trans Lunar Injection

Vestri

AstroForge's third mission will feature their 200kg production vehicle, Vestri, which is designed to return to near-Earth asteroid 2022 OB5 and dock with the asteroid in space. Vestri’s insights and characterization of 2022 OB5’s composition will allow them to obtain the quality and quantity of valuable elements located on the asteroid.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 200.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

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