United Launch AllianceVulcan VC2SSpace Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight)
Launched
January 8, 2024 · 07:18 UTC
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Summary
Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight) launched on an United Launch Alliance Vulcan VC2S from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 8, 2024 at 07:18 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:18 to 08:03 UTC. It was United Launch Alliance's 160th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,595th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Vulcan VC2S flight. The payload was bound for Lunar Orbit (LO). Peregrine Mission One, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 500 × 505 km orbit inclined 30.0°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
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- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Lunar Exploration · Lunar Orbit (LO)for Astrobotic, NASA, ULA
- Milestone
- 1st Vulcan VC2S flightUnited Launch Alliance's 160th launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,595th orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
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Peregrine Mission One · NORAD 58751 · 2024-006 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- PEREGRINE
- Object ID
- 2024-006A
- Epoch
- 2024-01-08 07:34:39 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.23529836 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004
- Inclination
- 30°
- Ascending node
- 29.8668°
- Arg. of perigee
- 321.7°
- Mean anomaly
- 177.498°
- 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.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage
- Peregrine Mission One · NORAD 58751 · left Earth orbit January 8, 2024
Centaur V-001 · left Earth orbit January 8, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Maiden flight of ULA's Vulcan launch vehicle carrying the Peregrine lunar lander developed by Astrobotic Technology. Astrobotic was selected by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver up to 14 NASA payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in 2022.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
111th launch from Space Launch Complex 41, 1st this year · 930th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 8, 2:18 AM EST, at night
125 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
93 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success, Peregrine in contact.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 1/8/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0 to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/7/2024 · source
Weather 85% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/4/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2023 · source
Adding launch window
Nosu · 12/16/2023 · source
Delayed to NET January 8, 2024 due to Wet Dress Rehearsal issues.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/10/2023 · source
Added tentative launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/31/2023 · source
NET December 24, 2023.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/24/2023 · source
Questions
When did Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight) launch?
Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight) launched on January 8, 2024 at 07:18 UTC. The launch window ran from 07:18 to 08:03 UTC.
Where can I watch Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight)?
Coverage: Jan. 8 LIVE Broadcast: Vulcan Cert-1; ULA Launches the First Vulcan Centaur with the Peregrine Moon Lander; First US Commercial Moon Launch: Astrobotic Peregrine Mission 1 (Official NASA Broadcast). Watch the replay
What rocket launched Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight)?
Vulcan VC2S, flown by United Launch Alliance. Vulcan VC2S spec sheet
Where did Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 8, 2:18 AM EST local time at the pad.
What orbit did Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight) reach?
Peregrine Mission One, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 500 × 505 km orbit inclined 30.0°.
How many satellites did Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight) part of?
Commercial Lunar Payload Services. About Commercial Lunar Payload Services