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SpaceIL originally developed the Beresheet lander as a one-off project to compete for the Google Lunar X Prize and funded most of the $100,000,000 cost from philanthropic sources.
SpaceIL is planning to launch its lunar lander as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in December, deploying into a supersynchronous transfer orbit that it will gradually raise until it can maneuver into lunar orbit.