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Science ExplorationcislunarCOSPAR 2025-215ALaunched 9/24/2025
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
IMAP Mission
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Date
9/24/2025
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
cislunar
Altitude
582,294 km
Inclination
28.37 deg
Dry Mass
756 kg
Total Mass
900 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Science Exploration
Payload Category
SCI
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Manufacturer
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Registry
COSPAR ID
2025-215A
Track
Mentions
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NASA’s Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program decided to accommodate the additional cost of launching Lunar Trailblazer on IM-2 rather than keeping it on IMAP.

PlanFinancialValue 3.0Jun 22, 2022NASA moves up Lunar Trailblazer launch
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Lunar Trailblazer is scheduled for completion late 2022 but will not launch until early 2025 because of delays in the primary payload of its rideshare mission, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP).

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 9, 2022Psyche launch delay forcing revamp of rideshare mission

Lunar Trailblazer was scheduled to be ready for launch in late 2022 but is planned to fly in early 2025 as part of a NASA rideshare mission whose primary payload is the IMAP space science spacecraft.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Sep 21, 2021NASA picks landing site for VIPER lunar rover

Lunar Trailblazer will not launch until at least February 2025 because it is flying as a rideshare payload on the Falcon 9 launch of the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP).

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 26, 2021NASA looking for earlier launch of lunar orbiter smallsat mission

The SWFO mission is scheduled to launch in 2025 as a rideshare with NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP).

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Feb 28, 2021L3Harris To Develop Ground System Command + Control for NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On Observatory

Solar Cruiser will launch as one of four missions with NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) currently scheduled in 2025.

PlanValue 4.0Feb 11, 2021Ball Aerospace Sails into Space With Test “Sailcraft” for NASA’s Solar Propulsion Technology Demonstration

The Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 observatory is scheduled to launch in 2025 on NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP).

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Feb 8, 2021NOAA awards $43.8 million space weather contract to L3 Harris Technologies

Among Falcon 9 launches, SPHEREx is among the most expensive at $98.8 million, with only IMAP more expensive at $109,400,000.

FinancialCapabilityValue 4.0Feb 5, 2021SpaceX to launch NASA astrophysics mission

IMAP will operate at the Sun–Earth L1 Lagrange point, approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth toward the Sun.

CapabilityValue 4.0Sep 28, 2020SpaceX wins launch contract for NASA space science mission

IMAP was selected by NASA for development in 2018 as part of the Solar Terrestrial Probes program.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 28, 2020SpaceX wins launch contract for NASA space science mission

IMAP is targeted to launch in October 2024 on a Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 28, 2020NASA awards launch services contract to SpaceX for IMAP Mission

NASA will launch IMAP and the secondary payloads for a total cost of approximately $109.4 million, which includes the launch service and other mission-related costs.

FinancialPlanValue 4.0Sep 28, 2020NASA awards launch services contract to SpaceX for IMAP Mission

NASA awarded a $109,400,000 contract to SpaceX for the launch of the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft in 2024 from Cape Canaveral on a Falcon 9.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 5.0Sep 28, 2020SpaceX wins launch contract for NASA space science mission

NASA identified the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) as a likely host for rideshare payloads and scheduled IMAP to launch in October 2024.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Aug 4, 2020New NASA office coordinates rideshare launches of smallsat science missions

The SWFO-L1 satellite is scheduled to launch in 2024 alongside NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP).

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jun 25, 2020Ball Aerospace wins NOAA space weather contract

In 2024, NASA plans to send the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) to Lagrange Point 1 to study particles and radiation streaming from the sun toward Earth.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 25, 2020U.S. government aims for better coordination in space weather campaign

SWFO is a small satellite scheduled to launch in 2024 as a secondary payload on NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP).

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 13, 2020NOAA set to update space weather fleet

Mission advocates believe NEOCam could take advantage of a cost-saving co-manifested launch with NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) in 2024.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0Apr 29, 2019Scientists lobby NASA for additional planetary defense missions

NASA plans to invest up to $65,000,000 in smallsat technology demonstration missions that would fly alongside the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP).

FinancialPlanGeneralValue 4.0Aug 6, 2018NASA bolsters smallsat science programs

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is scheduled to launch in 2024 to the Earth–Sun L1 Lagrange point.

PlanValue 4.0Aug 6, 2018NASA bolsters smallsat science programs