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Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience”

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Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience”

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5
T-minus to liftoff

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Jan 15, 06:11:39 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLunar Orbit
PadLaunch Complex 39A
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Mission

Blue Ghost is a commercial lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace for NASA’s CLPS program. Blue Ghost is designed to bring up to 155kg of payload to the lunar surface. It will land at Mare Crisium in the Crisium Basin and is designed to last 14 days before freezing in the lunar night. Resilience is the second mission of the Hakuto-R commercial lunar lander developed by private Japanese company ispace. The lander will carry a small rover developed by ispace to perform studies on the moon's surface. The rover is also expected to collect lunar regolith as part of a contract with NASA signed in 2020, in which companies will collect materials on the moon and then transfer ownership "in situ" to the agency.

Launch Timeline

Countdown

T-00:38:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LOX Load

T-00:35:00

Prop Load

T-00:16:00

Stage 2 LOX Load

T-00:07:00

Engine Chill

T-00:01:00

Startup

T-00:01:00

Tank Press

T-00:00:45

GO for Launch

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:01:12

Max-Q

T+00:02:28

MECO

T+00:02:31

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:38

SES-1

T+00:03:28

Fairing Separation

T+00:06:04

Entry Burn Startup

T+00:06:30

Entry Burn Shutdown

T+00:07:49

SECO-1

T+00:07:58

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:08:20

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:58:24

SES-2

T+00:59:25

SECO-2

T+01:05:36

Payload Separation

T+01:26:15

SES-3

T+01:26:16

SECO-3

T+01:32:42

Payload Separation

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
OrbitLunar Orbit
PadLaunch Complex 39A
SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
WindowJan 15, 06:06:00 UTC→Jan 15, 06:45:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon
Height70 m
Diameter3.65 m
Stages2
ReusableYes
LEO capacity22,800 kg
Track record606/607 successful
Landings593/598
Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
28.608, -80.604
Scrub riskLOW
Go90%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go90%LL2 Go90%Wind4 ktGusts4 ktCloud50%Temp81°F

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

8800% cloud cover in layer above freezing (15665 ft) — approximated · ≥60% layer 11519–20083 ft (8564 ft thick) — approximated

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · Flight-provenB1085
active5th flight
Flights17
Landings17/17100%
Fastest turn23d 7h
Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 700 km downrange
29d 5h since last flight

Booster used during the Crew-9 and Fram2 mission.

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