Launch success, both payloads AOS completed
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Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
First mission of the Hakuto-R commercial lunar lander developed by private Japanese company ispace. Rideshare includes Lunar Flashlight, NASA's cubesat that will search for water ice at the Moon’s South Pole.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Lunar Exploration
- Destination orbit
- Lunar Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Return to Launch Site, B1073 has successfully landed back at the launch site after its fifth flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5
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.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 537
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
Recorded timing
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SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The mission in perspective
Launch site
DestinationLunar Orbit
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Coverage & sources
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Mission coverage
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