Artemis 1 is sending a test-mannequin–populated Orion capsule to orbit the moon and deploy CubeSats and other space experiments on a 42-day mission to test all critical systems.
Terran Orbital designed, built, and integrated LunIR under contract with Lockheed Martin in support of Artemis 1.
Terran Orbital designed, built, and integrated LunIR under contract with Lockheed Martin in support of Artemis 1.
Intersil-brand radiation-hardened integrated circuits are part of the RS-25 engine control electronics on the Space Launch System used for Artemis 1.
Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) launched the lunar infrared imaging spacecraft LunIR as a secondary payload on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission from Kennedy Space Center on 2022-11-16.
Artemis 1 is designed to test the Orion spacecraft in cislunar space, including the spacecraft’s heat shield during reentry at lunar return velocities.
NASA is proceeding with the Artemis 1 launch attempt on 2022-11-16, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, with a scheduled T-0 of 1:04 a.m. Eastern in a two-hour window.
Austin Williams oversaw the Lunar Infrared imaging spacecraft payload riding on NASA’s Space Launch System Artemis I mission while at Terran Orbital.
The Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to launch as soon as 2022-11-16, carries 10 cubesats some of which will fly by, orbit, or land on the moon.
NASA will not attempt the Artemis 1 launch on 2022-11-14 and is targeting 2022-11-16 with 2022-11-19 as a backup date.
The 2022-11-16 Artemis 1 launch attempt has a two-hour window that opens at 1:04 a.m. Eastern.
NASA had been working toward a 2022-11-14 Artemis 1 launch at 12:07 a.m. Eastern within a 69-minute window.
A subsequent Artemis 1 launch window opens for two hours at 1:45 a.m. Eastern on 2022-11-19.
If Artemis 1 does not launch in November, the next launch period opens 2022-12-09 and runs through 2022-12-22.
2022-11-25 has been tentatively identified as a potential Artemis 1 launch date if the mission does not launch by 2022-11-19.
Artemis 1 launch opportunities on 2022-11-16 and 2022-11-19 depend on the post-storm status of the SLS, Orion, and Kennedy Space Center.
If Artemis 1 does not launch by 2022-11-25, NASA plans to leave the vehicle on the pad and wait until the December launch period, which would require waivers from the Eastern Range for the SLS flight termination system.
If the Artemis 1 vehicle does not launch by 2022-11-19, there is a fourth possible launch window on 2022-11-25.
The 2022-11-04 rollout supports NASA’s plan to conduct the next Artemis 1 launch attempt on 2022-11-14, with liftoff scheduled for 12:07 a.m. Eastern at the beginning of a 69-minute launch window.
If Artemis 1 does not launch before the certified booster dates in December 2022, NASA would perform another analysis cycle to determine whether the booster lifetimes can be further extended.