Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Others

Launch information

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Mission description

This is the second mission of Nova-C lunar lander developed and built by Intuitive Machines. This time it carries a NASA payload called PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1), which is to be the first demonstration of in-situ resource utilization on the Moon. PRIME-1 consists of two instruments: TRIDENT drill and Msolo mass spectrometer. Also on board are: * Lunar Trailblazer, a 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. * Odin, a spacecraft for AstroForge, a company that plans to mine asteroid resources. Odin intends to head into deep space to observe near-Earth 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. * CHIMERA GEO 1, a transfer spacecraft by Epic Aerospace to a geostationary orbit, with the aim of covering an orbital position. For this launch, CHIMERA-GEO is carrying an unidentified 16U cubesat manifested by Exolaunch.

Launch status

Launch status information for space mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Others’.

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Success

Status: Launch Successful

Class: normal

Launch T0: Feb. 27, 2025, 12:16 a.m.

Timezone: America/New_York

Launch authority

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

Mission

Nova-C IM-2 & Others (LO)

Launcher

SpaceX

Rocket

Falcon 9

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Type

Lunar Exploration

Orbit

Lunar Orbit (LO)

Satellites on-board

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Launch statistics

Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Others’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.

Orbital Launch

#6887

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Location Launch

#258

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Pad Launch

#200

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Agency Launch

#474

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Orbital Launch

#38

Year 2025

Location Launch

#6

Year 2025

Pad Launch

#6

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Agency Launch

#25

Year 2025

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IM-2’s Imperfect Landing Due to Altimeter Interference, South Pole Lighting Conditions

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