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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 208th launch · 56th this year · humanity's 6,355th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 11, 07:38 – Dec 11, 07:38 UTC
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Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight
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.
Lunar Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)
Booster
- B1073 · flight 5 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 2 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-35 · zone record 17/17
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- ispace M1 Mission — SpaceX
Updates
Launch success, both payloads AOS completed
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2022 · source
Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2022 · source
Webcast live
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/11/2022 · source
New launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/7/2022 · source
No longer scheduled on December 7.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/6/2022 · source
Weather >90%
Nosu · 12/4/2022 · source
Possible new launch date for HAKUTO-R per marine space closure notices.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/3/2022 · source
Launch delayed, new date TBD
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2022 · source
24 hours delay
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/30/2022 · source
Weather >90%
Nosu · 11/27/2022 · source
