NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

PRIME-1 (IM-2)

Launch Time
Thu Feb 27, 2025 00:17 UTC
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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

Vehicles

Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship

Unknown Vehicle

Mission Details

PRIME-1

Intuitive Machines-2 will deliver The Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain (TRIDENT) and the Mass Spectrometer observing lunar operations (MSolo). PRIME-1 will drill into the lunar surface, harvest and bring ice to the Moon’s surface, and use a mass spectrometer to measure how much is lost to sublimation as it turns from solid into vapor in a vacuum. The mission will also carry a deployable lander called Micro Nova (µNova), which will demonstrate the ability to carry a payload of 1kg and travel more than 2.5 km by doing "hops". During the flights, µNova will also provide high-resolution imagery of craters.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,900.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

CHIMERA-GEO

Epic Aerospace will send their CHIMERA-GEO transfer ship into space to go to a geostationary orbit, with the aim of covering an orbital position. For this launch, CHIMERA-GEO is carrying an unidentified payload manifested by Exolaunch.

Payloads: 2
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Odin

A payload for AstroForge, a company that plans to mine asteroid resources. Odin (Brokkr-2) intends to head into deep space to observe asteroid 2022 OB5 in preparation for their first retrieval mission. Odin will fly by the asteroid at a distance of about 1 kilometer, arriving 11 months after launch.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 100.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Lunar Trailblazer (SIMPLEx 5)

Lunar Trailblazer is a planned small (class D) lunar orbiter, part of NASA's SIMPLEx program, that will detect and map water on the lunar surface to determine how its form, abundance, and location relate to geology. Its mission is to aid in the understanding of lunar water and the Moon's water cycle.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 210.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection

Location

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

Stats

2025

40th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

459th mission
25th mission of 2025

Falcon 9

443rd mission
25th mission of 2025