SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience”
Launched
January 15, 2025 · 06:11 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience” launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on January 15, 2025 at 06:11 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:06 to 06:45 UTC. It was SpaceX's 457th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 6,859th orbital launch attempt. It was the 369th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 8th this year. Booster B1085 flew for the 5th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Lunar Orbit (LO). Blue Ghost, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 196 × 322,461 km orbit inclined 35.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1085 · flight 5 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 29 days after its previous flight, GPS III SV07 (RRT-1) · 700 km downrange
- Mission
- Lunar Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)for FA, ispace
- Milestone
- 369th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 8th this yearSpaceX's 457th launch8th this yearhumanity's 6,859th orbital launch attempt10th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Blue Ghost · NORAD 62716 · 2025-010 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- BLUE GHOST
- Object ID
- 2025-010A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-15 07:11:06 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.12641706 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.96084
- Inclination
- 35.04°
- Ascending node
- 359.0739°
- Arg. of perigee
- 346.42°
- Mean anomaly
- 0.0135°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- 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. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M28SMECO
- T+2M31SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M38SSES-1
- T+3M28SFairing Separation
- T+6M4SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M30SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M49SSECO-1
- T+7M58SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M20SStage 1 Landing
- T+58M24SSES-2
- T+59M25SSECO-2
- T+1H5M36SPayload Separation
- T+1H26M15SSES-3
- T+1H26M16SSECO-3
- T+1H32M42SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component
- Blue Ghost · NORAD 62716 · left Earth orbit January 15, 2025
- Resilience · NORAD 62717 · left Earth orbit January 15, 2025
Falcon 9-427 Stage 2 · left Earth orbit January 15, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Blue Ghost is a commercial lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace for NASA’s CLPS program. Blue Ghost is designed to bring up to 155kg of payload to the lunar surface. It will land at Mare Crisium in the Crisium Basin and is designed to last 14 days before freezing in the lunar night. Resilience is the second mission of the Hakuto-R commercial lunar lander developed by private Japanese company ispace. The lander will carry a small rover developed by ispace to perform studies on the moon's surface. The rover is also expected to collect lunar regolith as part of a contract with NASA signed in 2020, in which companies will collect materials on the moon and then transfer ownership "in situ" to the agency.
News
NASA’s LRO Images Falcon 9 Crater on Moon, Learns New DetailsBetween Aug. 11 and 12, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the Moon. The crater formed on Aug. 5, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impacted the surface following its January 2025 launch of the Firefly Blue Ghost 1 mission. To capture imagery of the […]
A rocket crashed into the moon. It was harmless, but the next one might not be.Earlier this month, a discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage crashed into the lunar surface at 8,700 kilometers per hour. This was not a controlled landing. The stage had been […]
NASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar ImpactUsing ground-based telescopes and space-based assets, NASA and SpaceX are tracking a used Falcon 9 upper stage from a commercial mission expected to impact the Moon on Wednesday, Aug. 5, near the Einstein and Bell craters. The impact poses no danger to Earth and NASA scientists are planning to collect lunar data from the event […]
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Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
196th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 2nd this year · 254th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 15, 1:11 AM EST, at night
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
6 days 14 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Both lunar landers now in contact.
Show 9 earlier updates
Both Payloads deployed
hitura-nobad · 1/15/2025 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 1/15/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/15/2025 · source
Weather is 90% favorable for launch.
Nosu · 1/14/2025 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/7/2025 · source
NET January 15.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/7/2025 · source
Updated entry with Blue Ghost Mission 1 & HAKUTO-R M2 confirmed to be launching on the same rocket.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2024 · source
NET January.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/21/2024 · source
Questions
When did Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience” launch?
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience” launched on January 15, 2025 at 06:11 UTC. The launch window ran from 06:06 to 06:45 UTC.
Where can I watch Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience”?
Coverage: SpaceX Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience”; Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast); Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 Launch to the Moon. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience”?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience” launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 15, 1:11 AM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1085 flew for the 5th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience” reach?
Blue Ghost, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 196 × 322,461 km orbit inclined 35.0°.
How many satellites did Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience” launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).