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Launch Vehicles
Vehicle family profile

Nova

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants
1
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
0
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
7,000 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
202601
202702
202803
202904
203004
203104
203205
203305
203405
203506
203606
203706
203806
203906
204006
204106

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Nova
LEO7,000 kgUnknownUnknownStoke Space Nova
Nova
LEO3,000 kgUnknownUnknownStoke Space Nova

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch

No recent missions

No launched missions are linked to variants in this family.

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Nova
Not stated0Development
YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14125%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2027Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14225%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2028Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14325%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2029Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14420%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2030Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14420%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2031Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14420%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2032Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14520%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2033Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14520%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2034Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14520%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2035Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14620%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2036Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14620%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2037Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14620%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2038Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14620%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2039Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14620%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2040Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14620%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
2041Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14620%Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operati...
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2026 · 25% confidence
1

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2027 · 25% confidence
2

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2028 · 25% confidence
3

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2029 · 20% confidence
4

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2030 · 20% confidence
4

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2031 · 20% confidence
4

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2032 · 20% confidence
5

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2033 · 20% confidence
5

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2034 · 20% confidence
5

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2035 · 20% confidence
6

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2036 · 20% confidence
6

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | SLC-14
2037 · 20% confidence
6

Conservative startup-ramp annual family throughput default: Nova is development-stage; early regulatory material supports phased low-cadence expendable operations before reuse. Si...

Nova
GTO
2,500 kg
Unknown
Unknown
Stoke Space Nova
Nova
TLI1,250 kgUnknownUnknownStoke Space Nova
Nova
escape800 kgUnknownUnknownStoke Space Nova
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Mentions
406
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
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Nova Poshta and UAVita's next autonomous parcel delivery test flight is scheduled for late August between Kyiv and L’viv.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Aug 6, 2021UAVita Systems and Nova Poshta successfully complete longest civilian autonomous drone flight
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Nova Poshta is a private Ukrainian postal and courier company that leads the logistics market in Ukraine.

GeneralValue 1.0Aug 6, 2021UAVita Systems and Nova Poshta successfully complete longest civilian autonomous drone flight

Cepton unveiled the Nova miniature LiDAR sensor with a wide field of view prior to dSPACE delivering simulation solutions for that sensor.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jul 28, 2021dSPACE and Cepton associate to provide 3D LiDAR simulation for ADAS and autonomous applications

Micro-Nova is scheduled to launch with the second Nova-C lander to the lunar south pole in December 2022.

PlanValue 4.0Jul 26, 2021China is working on a relay satellite to support lunar polar missions

Intuitive Machines’ first Nova-C lander launch slipped from July to October 2021 and was later delayed to no earlier than the first quarter of 2022 in an April FCC license application citing launch-provider-related issues.

PlanLegalValue 4.0Jul 5, 2021Lunar Exploration as a Service: From landers to spacesuits, NASA is renting rather than owning

The LTN together with Intuitive Machines’ control center, Nova Control, is offered as a complete service to commercial or government partners operating in cislunar space.

CapabilityValue 2.6Jun 30, 2021Intuitive Machines’ Moon Missions Will be Supported By Goonhilly

V-Nova’s SMPTE VC-6 ST 2117 data coding standard will be integrated into Unibap’s SpaceCloud computing platform onboard a satellite scheduled for launch in 2021-04-01.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 14, 2021V-Nova, D-Orbit and Unibap Together Demonstrate VC-6 For On-Orbit Satellite Imagery Acceleration

V-Nova’s VC-6 technology will be deployed into Unibap’s SpaceCloud solution and integrated into D-Orbit’s ION SCV Dauntless David spacecraft scheduled for launch in June 2021.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jun 14, 2021V-Nova, D-Orbit and Unibap Together Demonstrate VC-6 For On-Orbit Satellite Imagery Acceleration

V-Nova’s VC-6 technology will be deployed into Unibap’s SpaceCloud solution and integrated into D-Orbit’s ION SCV Dauntless David spacecraft scheduled for launch in June 2021.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.4Jun 10, 2021V-Nova teams with D-Orbit and Unibap to demonstrate VC-6 for on-orbit satellite imagery acceleration

V-Nova’s SMPTE VC-6 ST 2117 data coding standard is collaborating with D-Orbit and Unibap to demonstrate next-generation hyper-spectral imaging from polar orbit.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 10, 2021V-Nova teams with D-Orbit and Unibap to demonstrate VC-6 for on-orbit satellite imagery acceleration

V-Nova’s VC-6 high-performance AI-powered software library will be integrated into Unibap’s SpaceCloud computing platform onboard a satellite scheduled for launch in 2021-04-01.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.4Jun 10, 2021V-Nova teams with D-Orbit and Unibap to demonstrate VC-6 for on-orbit satellite imagery acceleration

Dr. Tim Crain developed the framework for Intuitive Machines' approach to Precision Landing and Hazard Avoidance (PLHA) on Nova landers.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.7Jun 2, 2021Intuitive Machines Appoints Chief Technology Formerly VP of R&D

Dr. Tim Crain implemented the original sensor processing and navigation flight software for the Nova-C vehicle.

CapabilityValue 3.8Jun 2, 2021Intuitive Machines Appoints Chief Technology Formerly VP of R&D

The Nova-C vehicle is scheduled to attempt two landings on the Moon in the next 20 months.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8Jun 2, 2021Intuitive Machines Appoints Chief Technology Formerly VP of R&D

Geoplex, part of the Nova Group, developed the National Freight Data Hub as a national interactive tool for Australia’s freight system.

GeneralValue 2.0Jun 1, 2021Geoplex helps deliver National Freight Data Hub

WILD RIDE will demonstrate a range of AI/ML applications using Nebula, including experiments featuring video compression techniques from V-Nova.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5May 31, 2021D-Orbit’s Coming Up With A WILD RIDE Via Their ION Satellite Carrier

Intuitive Machines planned to launch its Nova-C lander on the IM-1 mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

The Nova-C spacecraft will launch into a supersynchronous transfer orbit of 185 by 60,0 m.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Apr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

Both Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 and IM-2 missions will use the Nova-C lander design.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.8Jan 13, 2021SpaceX wins contracts for lunar lander, environmental satellite launches

Spacebit plans to send a wheeled rover to the moon in 2021 on Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.5Nov 2, 2020Spacebit invites research partners for 2021 lunar missions