Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Others
Launch information
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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’.
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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#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
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Pad Launch
#6
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Agency Launch
#25
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Latest news about the launch
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Intuitive Machines’ CEO points to issues that prevented upright touchdown during IM-2 Moon landing
Steve Altemus, Intuitive Machines’ CEO, said the company is applying the learnings to the IM-3 mission, which is set to launch in the first half of 2026.
IM-2’s Imperfect Landing Due to Altimeter Interference, South Pole Lighting Conditions
Intuitive Machines’ second lunar lander, IM-2, landed on its side near the Moon’s South Pole because of altimeter interference and lighting conditions according to the company’s president and CEO. During […]
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