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IM-2

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Payloads
4 Assets
Assets deployed on this mission
Chimera GEO 1
active
Grace (IM-2)
retired
IM-2 Athena
retired
Lunar Trailblazer
retired
Launch Details

Launch Date

2/27/2025

Launch Site

KSC LC39A

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Launch Vehicle

Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)

Mission Stats
Orbit
interplanetary
Operator
Unknown
Price (Est)
Secret
Payload Count
4
Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

AstroForge planned to launch Odin mounted underneath Intuitive Machines' IM-2 lunar lander mission for the Odin flyby prospecting mission.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceFeb 4, 2026

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.

Mentioned as: IM-2Source

Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX to launch its IM-2 lunar lander mission on a Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than 2022.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceJan 13, 2021

Intuitive Machines scheduled IM-1 to launch in the first quarter of 2022 and IM-2 to launch in the fourth quarter of 2022.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceAug 10, 2021

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.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceSep 27, 2021

Lunar Outpost is developing the Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform (MAPP) rover that will fly on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 lunar lander launching in 2023.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceJun 1, 2022

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.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceApr 19, 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.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceNov 14, 2023

AstroForge plans to launch the Odin spacecraft as a rideshare payload on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 lunar lander mission in 2024.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceDec 12, 2023

NASA plans to launch IM-2 and Blue Ghost missions as part of the CLPS program this year.

Mentioned as: IM-2Source

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.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceFeb 13, 2024

Lonestar Data Holdings has a second commercial mission contracted with Intuitive Machines on the IM-2 mission scheduled for later 2024.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceFeb 29, 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.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceMay 14, 2024

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.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceAug 22, 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.

Mentioned as: IM-2SourceNov 14, 2024

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.

Mentioned as: IM-2Source

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.

Mentioned as: IM-2Source