IM-1

IM-1 is carrying six NASA payloads as part of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program under a $118,000,000 task order.

The IM-1 mission is scheduled to launch on 2021-10-11 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 under a launch contract between Intuitive Machines and SpaceX executed in 2019-10-01.

Intuitive Machines selected SpaceX to launch its IM-1 lunar lander mission on a Falcon 9 in 2021 as part of a rideshare mission.

Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission will launch 2021 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Intuitive Machines filed with the Federal Communications Commission on 2021-04-23 seeking S-band spectrum for the IM-1 mission.

Intuitive Machines indicated IM-1 is providing services on behalf of a government agency and is supported through federal funding and will coordinate with government users of the S-band to avoid interference.

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

Intuitive Machines delayed its IM-1 lander mission from fall 2021 to early 2022.

IM-1 was originally scheduled to launch in 2021 before SpaceX moved the mission into the first quarter of 2022, and subsequent delays pushed the Falcon 9 launch later in 2022.

Intuitive Machines had been preparing to launch its IM-1 mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the first quarter of 2022 and intends to announce a new launch window.

Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander mission is expected to launch in January 2023 rather than in late 2022 as previously planned.

NASA procured a flight for Lunar Flashlight as a secondary payload on Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission and later moved it to the ispace launch when IM-1 slipped to March 2023.

Intuitive Machines expected to launch its first Nova-C lander mission IM-1 in early 2023 on a Falcon 9.

Intuitive Machines postponed the Falcon 9 launch of its IM-1 mission to early 2023.

Intuitive Machines is working with stakeholders to implement a landing site change for the IM-1 mission.

Intuitive Machines won a CLPS task order for the IM-1 mission in May 2019 that was originally valued at $77,000,000.

On 2023-02-06, Intuitive Machines moved the planned landing site for its IM-1 lander mission to the south polar region of the Moon.

Intuitive Machines is working with its stakeholders to implement the IM-1 landing site change.

Intuitive Machines worked with NASA to identify a new IM-1 landing site to support the Artemis lunar exploration campaign.

Intuitive Machines has won three CLPS task orders with its first mission, IM-1, scheduled to launch later 2023.