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Launch Date
1/8/2023
Launch Site
CC SLC41
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Launch Vehicle
Vulcan Centaur VC2S (Vulcan Family)
Peregrine is carrying payloads awarded through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative from the 2019 awards.
On 2022-12-08, Peregrine completed vibration and acoustics testing at a commercial facility on New York’s Long Island.
Peregrine completed EMI/EMC testing ahead of schedule and will arrive back at Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh headquarters on 2022-12-23.
Astrobotic has won two CLPS task orders, including the Peregrine lander scheduled to launch in May on the first Vulcan Centaur rocket and a 2024 mission to deliver NASA’s VIPER lunar rover.
Cert-2, which would carry Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane to the International Space Station, is planned to launch a few months after Cert-1 if the inaugural launch goes as planned.
United Launch Alliance plans to launch the inaugural Vulcan Centaur mission, Cert-1, on 2023-12-24 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander arrived at a payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral operated by Astrotech on 2023-10-31.
Peregrine was shipped from Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh headquarters to Cape Canaveral the week prior to 2023-10-31.
The primary payload for the Vulcan Centaur’s planned 2023-12-24 launch is the Peregrine lunar lander built by Astrobotic.
On 2023-12-14, United Launch Alliance completed the wet dress rehearsal and confirmed a 2023-01-08 launch date for Peregrine.
ULA planned to launch Peregrine on Christmas Eve in 2023 but postponed it due to problems with ground systems during a fueling test.
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan VC2S rocket is planned to launch the Cert-1 certification mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program awarded Astrobotic $108,000,000 to fly payloads on the Peregrine mission.
Astrobotic tested Peregrine’s main engines on 2024-01-13 and confirmed they worked.
Astrobotic lost telemetry from Peregrine at 3:50 p.m. Eastern on 2024-01-18 and lost ranging nine minutes later.