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SpaceX/Falcon 9 Block 5·Unknown Pad

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2

Orbit: LO·Type: Lunar Exploration

Countdown to T-0

GMT Time
Spaceport
To Be Determined
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2 mission image
Vehicle: Falcon 9 Block 5Credit: SpaceX · Wikimedia Commons

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)

Target orbit
LO · Lunar Orbit
Mission type
Lunar Exploration
Payload
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2

Target liftoff time (UTC)

00:00:00 UTC

Friday, 31 December 2027

Instantaneous window

Planned T-0 liftoff

00:00:00 UTCWindow open
00:00:00 UTCPlanned ignition
00:00:00 UTCWindow close
Rocket family
Falcon
Height
70m
Diameter
3.7m
Payload to LEO
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
Stages
2