Falcon Heavy | Gateway PPE & HALO

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Mission description

The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) are the foundational elements of NASA's lunar-orbiting space station "Gateway". The PPE is a 60-kilowatt class solar electric propulsion spacecraft that also will provide power, high-speed communications, attitude control and the capability to move the Gateway to different lunar orbits. The HALO is the pressurized living quarters where astronauts who visit the Gateway, often on their way to the Moon, will work. It will provide command and control and serve as the docking hub for the outpost. HALO will support science investigations, distribute power, provide communications for visiting vehicles and lunar surface expeditions, and supplement the life support systems aboard Orion, NASA’s spacecraft that will deliver Artemis astronauts to the Gateway.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Falcon Heavy | Gateway PPE & HALO’.

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TBD

Status: To Be Determined

Class: normal

Launch T0: Dec. 31, 2027, midnight

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.

Mission

Gateway PPE & HALO (LO)

Launcher

SpaceX

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Orbit (LO)

Satellites on-board

Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (Dec. 31, 2027).

Launch statistics

Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (Dec. 31, 2027).

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