National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSpace Launch System Block 1Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Artemis I
Launched
November 16, 2022
Image: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Summary
Artemis I launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Launch System Block 1 from Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on November 16, 2022. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 141st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,343rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Space Launch System Block 1 flight. The payload was bound for Lunar Orbit (LO). Artemis I, one of 14 catalogued objects, reached a 525 × 376,801 km orbit inclined 30.5°. 5 crew members flew: Commander Moonikin Campos, Helga, Zohar, Shaun the Sheep and Snoopy. The spacecraft was Orion 002 (002). 14 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Human Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)
- Milestone
- 1st Space Launch System Block 1 flightNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 141st launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,343rd orbital launch attempt161st orbital launch attempt this year
Crew
Commander Moonikin CamposAnthropomorphic Test Device · NASA · first flight
HelgaAnthropomorphic Test Device · DLR · first flight- ZoharAnthropomorphic Test Device · DLR · first flight
Shaun the SheepZero-G Indicator · ESA · first flight
SnoopyZero-G Indicator · NASA · first flight
Spacecraft
Orion 002 (002)
Orion spacecraft used for Artemis 1.
- Destination: Retrograde orbit around the Moon
- Mission length: 25 days
The Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after the Artemis I mission. The spacecraft was recovered by US Navy U.S.S. Portland vessel.
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Artemis I · NORAD 54257 · 2022-156 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 14 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- ORION
- Object ID
- 2022-156A
- Epoch
- 2022-11-16 09:07:12 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.10079459 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.9646414
- Inclination
- 30.528°
- Ascending node
- 10.56°
- Arg. of perigee
- 20.926°
- Mean anomaly
- 1.049°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
14 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 12 debris; 3 still in orbit
- Artemis I · NORAD 54257 · left Earth orbit November 16, 2022
ICPS 01 · left Earth orbit November 16, 2022
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Artemis I (previously Exploration Mission 1) is the first flight on Space Launch System and the second flight of Orion crew spacecraft. Mission is planned to be an uncrewed circumlunar flight.
Pad
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
58th launch from Launch Complex 39B, 1st this year · 210th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
59 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
about 13 years after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful maiden flight of the Space Launch System, launching Orion towards the Moon as part of the first mission of the Artemis program.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 11/16/2022 · source
Adding new T-0 and setting GO
Nosu · 11/16/2022 · source
Extended hold confirmed, until new T-0 is announced
Nosu · 11/16/2022 · source
Pushing T-0 into the window and setting TBC until a new T-0 is officially announced
Nosu · 11/16/2022 · source
Main coverage live
Nosu · 11/16/2022 · source
Weather 90%
Jay · 11/16/2022 · source
Weather 80%
SwGustav · 11/15/2022 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 11/13/2022 · source
Weather 80% GO
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/12/2022 · source
Questions
When did Artemis I launch?
Artemis I launched on November 16, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Artemis I?
Coverage: Artemis I Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast) - Nov. 16, 2022; Artemis I Tanking Operations (Sept. 3). Watch the replay
What rocket launched Artemis I?
Space Launch System Block 1, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Space Launch System Block 1 spec sheet
Where did Artemis I launch from?
Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
What orbit did Artemis I reach?
Artemis I, one of 14 catalogued objects, reached a 525 × 376,801 km orbit inclined 30.5°.
Which program is Artemis I part of?
Artemis. About Artemis