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Launch Date
1/12/2024
Launch Site
KSC LC39A
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5 (Falcon 9 Family)
SpaceX delayed the IM-1 mission launch about 90 minutes before the scheduled 12:57 a.m. Eastern 2024-02-14 liftoff.
Intuitive Machines postponed the maneuver earlier on 2024-02-16 after finding it took longer than expected to chill the liquid oxygen feed line.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program provided Intuitive Machines with a $118,000,000 task order for the IM-1 mission.
Aitech provided a complete avionics computer system to Intuitive Machines for the IM-1 mission that successfully landed on the Moon on 2024-02-22.
SpaceX has the capability to fuel payloads with liquid oxygen and methane on the pad at Launch Complex 39A, a capability used for the IM-1 lunar lander mission for Intuitive Machines that launched on a Falcon 9 in February 2024.