Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One

Launch information

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Mission description

Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines, initially contracted for the cancelled NASA VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission. The vacated payload spot will now host the FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) lunar rover from Astrolab.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One’.

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TBD

Status: To Be Determined

Class: normal

Launch T0: July 31, 2026, midnight

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

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

Mission

Griffin Mission One (LO)

Launcher

SpaceX

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Type

Lunar Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Orbit (LO)

Satellites on-board

Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (July 31, 2026).

Launch statistics

Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (July 31, 2026).

Latest news about the launch

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Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 Moon mission to NET July 2026

The mission will carry a pair of commercial, robotic rovers to the lunar surface. It was most recently scheduled to launch by the end 2025.

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Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 lander mission to mid-2026

Astrobotic Technology says it now plans to launch its large lunar lander carrying a commercial rover no earlier than mid-2026. The post Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 lander mission to mid-2026 appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Send Your Name to the Moon! Falcon Heavy to Launch LunEx-1 aboard Griffin Lunar Lander

Send Your Name to the Moon! Falcon Heavy to Launch LunEx-1 aboard Griffin Lunar Lander


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