SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight
Launched
December 11, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 11, 2022. It was SpaceX's 208th launch, 56th this year and humanity's 6,355th orbital launch attempt. It was the 133rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 55th this year. Booster B1073 flew for the 5th time and landed at Landing Zone 2. The payload was bound for Lunar Orbit (LO). 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- ispace M1 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1073 · flight 5 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 2 · landed17/17 landed here · 77 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-35 · 9 km downrange
- Mission
- Lunar Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)
- Milestone
- 133rd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 55th this yearSpaceX's 208th launch56th this yearhumanity's 6,355th orbital launch attempt173rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubCatalogued objects
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage
- Hakuto-R M1 · NORAD 54696 · left Earth orbit December 11, 2022
- Lunar Flashlight · NORAD 54697 · left Earth orbit December 11, 2022
Falcon 9-190 Stage 2 · left Earth orbit December 11, 2022
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
161st launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 28th this year · 866th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
18 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success, both payloads AOS completed
Show 9 earlier updates
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
Questions
When did Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight launch?
Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight launched on December 11, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight?
Coverage: ispace M1 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1073 flew for the 5th time and landed at Landing Zone 2.
What orbit was Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight going to?
Lunar Orbit (LO), a lunar exploration mission.
How many satellites did Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).