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Launch Date
2/27/2025
Launch Site
KSC LC39A
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)
AstroForge planned to launch Odin mounted underneath Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar lander mission for the Odin flyby prospecting mission.
AstroForge's Odin was scheduled no earlier than November 1, 2024 for launch aboard a Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A as a secondary payload to IM-2 in the ODAR-related documentation.
Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX to launch its IM-2 lunar lander mission on a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 2022.
Intuitive Machines scheduled IM-1 to launch in the first quarter of 2022 and IM-2 to launch in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Spaceflight reached an agreement with Intuitive Machines on 2021-09-14 to fly as a secondary payload on the IM-2 lunar lander mission launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Lunar Outpost is developing the Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover that will fly on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 lunar lander launching in 2023.
IM-2 is slated to launch on a Falcon 9 in 2023 as Intuitive Machines’ first dedicated launch after previously targeting the fourth quarter of 2022.
Intuitive Machines plans for IM-2 and IM-3 to take place by the end of 2024, subject to NASA requirements and orbital dynamics.
AstroForge plans to launch the Odin spacecraft as a rideshare payload on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 lunar lander mission in 2024.
NASA plans to launch IM-2 and Blue Ghost missions as part of the CLPS program this year.
Intuitive Machines has two additional Nova-C lunar lander missions in development: IM-2 tentatively planned for the fourth quarter and IM-3 planned for early 2025.
Lonestar Data Holdings has a second commercial mission contracted with Intuitive Machines on the IM-2 mission scheduled for later 2024.
Intuitive Machines described the technical improvements for IM-2 as vertically integrated capabilities that can be performed with little or no impact on the intended quarter 4 2024 launch date and without requiring additional capital while assembly continues.
Nokia plans to deploy the first cellular network on the Moon as part of Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 mission, which is scheduled to be delivered to the launch site in 2024.
Intuitive Machines previously planned an IM-2 launch in December or early January after slipping from a November 2024 target due to Kennedy Space Center launch-pad availability and contractual modifications with NASA to change the IM-2 landing location.
The first stage booster previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, Commercial GTO-1, and eight Starlink missions.
The first stage booster previously launched Crew-8, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, Astranis: From One to Many, IM-2, Commercial GTO-1, and nine Starlink missions.