Lunar Trailblazer adds to a list of recent NASA-led or NASA-aided small lunar spacecraft failures that includes LunaH-Map, Lunar Flashlight, Lunar IceCube, and LunIR.
Terran Orbital developed LunIR, an 11-kilogram moon-mapping satellite that launched in November.
LunIR was the second Terran Orbital-developed lunar satellite to launch in 2022.
LunIR is a Lockheed Martin-funded technology demonstration CubeSat that will take infrared images of the Moon to test an ultra-compact infrared sensor.
Terran Orbital designed, built, and integrated LunIR under contract with Lockheed Martin in support of Artemis 1.
LunIR launched along with the Orion capsule atop NASA’s Space Launch System from the Kennedy Space Center.
Terran Orbital Corporation successfully launched the LunIR lunar infrared imaging spacecraft.
LunIR is the second Terran Orbital-developed lunar satellite to launch 2022, following CAPSTONE.
Terran Orbital designed, built, and integrated LunIR under contract with Lockheed Martin in support of 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.
LunIR is a Terran Orbital-developed Artemis-supporting satellite planned to launch after CAPSTONE.
Terran Orbital designed, built, and integrated the LunIR satellite under contract with Lockheed Martin.
LunIR is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on 2022-08-29 at 8:33 a.m. E.T.
Kongsberg Satellite Services operates ground stations in Punta Arenas, Chile; Svalbard, Norway; and Troll Station, Antarctica that will support LunIR communications.
Terran Orbital designed, built, and integrated the LunIR spacecraft and will run its mission operations.
Lockheed Martin created LunIR’s infrared sensor and cryocooler to operate in both lunar day and night, map the lunar surface, detect materials, and collect thermal signatures.
Lockheed Martin developed LunIR’s infrared sensor and cryocooler to operate both day and night for mapping the lunar surface, detecting materials, and collecting thermal signatures.
Terran Orbital designed and built the LunIR spacecraft and is responsible for spacecraft integration and mission assurance.
Terran Orbital Corporation delivered the LunIR spacecraft to Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The 11 kg LunIR satellite will communicate with Earth via ground stations operated by Kongsberg Satellite Services in Punta Arenas, Chile; Svalbard, Norway; and Troll station, Antarctica.