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Launch Date
11/16/2022
Launch Site
KSC LC39B
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Launch Vehicle
SLS Block 1 (SRB Family)
As of 2020-02-28, the SLS core stage for the Artemis 1 uncrewed test flight was at Stennis Space Center for a Green Run static-fire test scheduled for later in 2020.
Artemis 1 required three wet dress rehearsals between April and June and scrubbed its first two launch attempts in late summer because of propellant leaks.
Artemis 1 underwent several rollouts between the pad and the VAB for wet dress rehearsals and multiple launch attempts before launching in November 2022.
The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 mission was completing testing at NASA’s Plum Brook Station as of 2020-02-28.
Northrop Grumman is under contract to provide boosters for the Artemis 1, Artemis 2, and Artemis 3 missions through 2024.
NASA’s goal is to ship the SLS core stage to Kennedy Space Center by 2021-01-14 to begin preparations for the Artemis 1 launch.
Lockheed Martin signed a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA in late 2018 to support testing and inclusion of Callisto on Artemis 1 and paid the costs associated with that work.
NASA’s next launch period for Artemis 1 opens 2022-04-08.
NASA has published launch windows for Artemis 1 of 2022-07-26 through 2022-08-10 excluding 2022-08-01, 2, and 6, and 2022-08-23 through 2022-09-06 excluding 2022-08-30, 31, and 2022-09-01.
NASA is planning the Artemis 1 SLS launch no earlier than 2022-11-14.
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.
NASA had been working toward a 2022-11-14 Artemis 1 launch at 12:07 a.m. Eastern within a 69-minute window.
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.
NASA is working toward three placeholder launch dates for Artemis 1: 2022-08-29, 2022-09-02, and 2022-09-05.
Crews working since NASA’s 2022-07-20 target announcement completed repairs to the SLS and installed payloads inside the Orion capsule for Artemis 1.
Blue Canyon Technologies expects to support several NASA launches, including the uncrewed Artemis 1 moon rocket scheduled for 2022-08-29 and the Starling mission at the end of 2022.
Blue Canyon Technologies is supporting several NASA launches, including the uncrewed Artemis 1 moon rocket scheduled for 2022-08-29.
NASA rescheduled the next attempt to launch the Artemis 1 mission for 2022-09-03.
Space Launch Delta 45 projected a 70% chance of acceptable weather for the Artemis 1 launch during a two-hour window that opens at 8:33 a.m. Eastern on 2022-08-29.