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Commercial Lunar Payload Services

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APEX 1.0 is being used for a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission led by Draper.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2023Japanese government grant to support work on new ispace lunar lander

Firefly Aerospace completed development and assembly of the Blue Ghost lander structure and fluid systems for its first lunar mission slated to land on the Moon in 2024 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipOct 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace completes lander structure before NASA’s Moon landing

The Draper-led NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission known to ispace as Mission 3 and to NASA as CP-12 was originally projected to launch in 2025 and has slipped to 2026 because of the lander redesign.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 29, 2023Ispace revises design of lunar lander for NASA CLPS mission

Firefly Aerospace was awarded an $18,000,000 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit as part of Blue Ghost Mission 2.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 14, 2023Firefly Aerospace Awarded NASA Contract to Provide RF Calibration Services from Lunar Orbit

Firefly Aerospace was awarded an $18,000,000 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract on 2023-09-12 to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit for Blue Ghost Mission 2.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2023Firefly Awarded $18 Million NASA Contract to Provide Radio Frequency Calibration Services from Lunar Orbit

Intuitive Machines plans to launch its IM-1 mission on a Falcon 9 later 2023 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipAug 23, 2023Chandrayaan-3: India becomes fourth country to land on the moon

The United States plans additional Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions in 2024.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative PlanAug 23, 2023Chandrayaan-3: India becomes fourth country to land on the moon

Intuitive Machines plans to launch its IM-1 lander on a Falcon 9 later 2023 as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.

Mentioned as: commercial lunar payload servicesTechnical ProductJul 14, 2023India launches Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing mission

A second Commercial Lunar Payload Services award to Firefly will deploy a spacecraft in lunar orbit and land on the far side of the moon in 2026.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative PlanJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

IM-1 is carrying payloads for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program under a task order awarded in May 2019.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralMay 12, 2023First Intuitive Machine lunar lander mission slips to the third quarter

ispace’s U.S. subsidiary is developing a larger Series 2 lander for a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission led by Draper scheduled for 2025.

Mentioned as: commercial lunar payload servicesOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2023First ispace lunar lander feared lost

Frontier Aerospace Corporation recently delivered flight thrusters supporting the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralMar 22, 2023Frontier Aerospace raised $10 million in Series A funding

NASA awarded a $112,000,000 task order through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services program to Firefly Aerospace on 2023-03-14 for a 2026 mission using the Blue Ghost lander.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipMar 15, 2023Firefly wins second NASA CLPS mission

The first Commercial Lunar Payload Services missions by Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines are scheduled to launch in 2023 carrying NASA payloads to the surface of the Moon.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralFeb 1, 2023Foust Forward | Managing expectations for NASA in 2023

The IM-3 mission is funded through commercial customers and Intuitive Machines’ third awarded task order from NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipDec 13, 2022AAC Clyde Space wins a subsystems order from Intuitive Machines

AAC Clyde Space delivered power systems to Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 and IM-2 missions, both part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipDec 13, 2022AAC Clyde Space wins a subsystems order from Intuitive Machines

Peregrine is carrying payloads from NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative that was awarded in 2019.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesNarrative GeneralNov 17, 2022Peregrine spacecraft travels to final testing before becoming first commercial lunar lander on Moon

Peregrine is carrying payloads awarded through NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative from the 2019 awards.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2022Peregrine Spacecraft On the Move

SSTL’s Lunar Pathfinder will serve as a telecommunications relay satellite for lunar missions with ESA as a core customer and NASA as a user in exchange for NASA delivering Lunar Pathfinder to lunar orbit through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipNov 14, 2022NASA laser retroreflector array delivered to ESA for Lunar Pathfinder satellite navigation + Lunar Pathfinder info

ispace’s U.S. office is part of a Draper-led team that won a Commercial Lunar Payload Services award in July for a lander mission to the far side of the moon scheduled for launch in 2025.

Mentioned as: Commercial Lunar Payload ServicesOrg RelationshipOct 13, 2022Artemis 1, ispace lander set November launch dates
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