Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2

Mission Status

Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

Mission Updates

Mar 19, 10:03 PM Cosmic_Penguin

NET late Q4.

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Jan 7, 03:52 PM Cosmic_Penguin

NET November.

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Nov 15, 01:05 AM Cosmic_Penguin

Adding launch (refer to 17:40 mark for the LV selection).

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Mission Details

2nd lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace. The Blue Ghost lander will be of a new two-stage version utilizing an Elytra Dark transfer vehicle to place it and the European Space Agency's Lunar Pathfinder experimental communication satellite into Lunar orbit. The lander will land on the far side of the Moon with 2 NASA payloads: * Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE-Night) * User Terminal (UT)

Mission Type Lunar Exploration
Orbit Lunar Orbit
Launch Window 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Rocket Configuration

Name Falcon 9 Block 5
Manufacturer SpaceX
Height 70 m
Diameter 3.65 m
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Success Rate 611/612 (100%)

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.