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Intuitive Machines

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Houston, Texas, United States
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Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. will provide Intuitive Machines access to its newly upgraded deep space antenna GHY-6 to facilitate communications between Intuitive Machines’ lunar missions and the ground.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipJun 30, 2021Intuitive Machines’ Moon Missions Will be Supported By Goonhilly

Intuitive Machines will use Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd.’s services for its 2022 IM-1 mission to the Moon and for future missions.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJun 30, 2021Intuitive Machines’ Moon Missions Will be Supported By Goonhilly

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

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipJun 23, 2021Masten delays first lunar lander mission

Intuitive Machines will use KSAT services for its 2022 IM-1 mission to the Moon and for future missions.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJun 10, 2021Intuitive Machines’ Moon Mission Will Be Supported By KSAT

Intuitive Machines' appointment of Dr. Crain to CTO comes after rapid growing demand for its Lunar Payload and Data Services (LPDS) program.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJun 2, 2021Intuitive Machines Appoints Chief Technology Formerly VP of R&D

Dr. Tim Crain has served as vice president of research and development at Intuitive Machines since co-founding the company in 2013.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJun 2, 2021Intuitive Machines Appoints Chief Technology Formerly VP of R&D

Intuitive Machines appointed Dr. Tim Crain as chief technology officer (CTO).

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesTechnical ProductJun 2, 2021Intuitive Machines Appoints Chief Technology Formerly VP of R&D

Dr. Tim Crain developed the framework for Intuitive Machines' approach to Precision Landing and Hazard Avoidance (PLHA) on Nova landers.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralJun 2, 2021Intuitive Machines Appoints Chief Technology Formerly VP of R&D

Intuitive Machines is using SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch its two lunar lander missions, with the first mission scheduled for early 2022.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipMay 20, 2021Firefly selects SpaceX to launch its lunar lander

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

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

Intuitive Machines’ 2021-03-24 release mentioned a launch toward the end of 2021 for IM-1.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

Intuitive Machines planned to launch its Nova-C lander on the IM-1 mission on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander received a $79,500,000 NASA award at the same time Intuitive Machines won its first CLPS contract.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

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.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

SpaceX delayed Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission from late 2021 to early 2022.

Mentioned as: intuitive machinesTechnical ProductApr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

Intuitive Machines received a Commercial Lunar Payload Services award in May 2019 valued at $77,000,000 for a mission originally scheduled for July 2021.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

Intuitive Machines sought FCC permission to use S-band frequencies for IM-1 despite there being no commercial allocation for S-band.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Intuitive Machines’ first lunar lander mission slips to 2022

Intuitive Machines won CLPS task orders for two lander missions that will launch each on Falcon 9 vehicles late 2021 and in 2022.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipApr 13, 2021Astrobotic selects Falcon Heavy to launch NASA’s VIPER lunar rover

An Intuitive Machines lander is scheduled to reach the Moon in November 2023 launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesOrg RelationshipMar 3, 2021VIPER lunar rover mission cost increases

Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines won the first two CLPS awards in 2019 for missions scheduled to launch later in the year the article was published.

Mentioned as: Intuitive MachinesNarrative GeneralFeb 4, 2021Firefly wins NASA CLPS lunar lander contract
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