Success
Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight
Lunar Exploration
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
LOorbit
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.
Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 7:38 AM
Replay
Links
Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,355
SpX Mission
#208
Pad Launch
#161
Location Launch
#866
Designator
2022-168
Launch Window
NET
Dec 11, 2022, 7:38 AM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Falcon 9 Block 5 Specs
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
Length
70 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Launch Mass
549 t
Thrust
7,607 kN
LEO Capacity
22,800 kg
GTO Capacity
8,300 kg
Launch Cost
$52M
Reusable
Yes
Maiden Flight
2018
Fastest Turnaround
1h 5m
Total Launches
586
Successful
585
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
288
Maiden flight: May 11, 2018
Social Flight Log
- Dec 11, 2022, 9:43 AM
Launch success, both payloads AOS completed
Source - Dec 11, 2022, 7:38 AM
Liftoff
Source - Dec 11, 2022, 7:23 AM
Webcast live
Source - Dec 7, 2022, 9:48 AM
New launch date and time.
Source - Dec 6, 2022, 7:15 AM
No longer scheduled on December 7.
Source - Dec 4, 2022, 4:56 PM
Weather >90%
Source - Dec 3, 2022, 3:49 AM
Possible new launch date for HAKUTO-R per marine space closure notices.
Source - Dec 1, 2022, 12:11 AM
Launch delayed, new date TBD
Source - Nov 30, 2022, 4:04 AM
24 hours delay
Source - Nov 27, 2022, 8:21 PM
Weather >90%
Source - Nov 24, 2022, 8:17 AM
Slip by 1 day.
Source - Nov 23, 2022, 3:44 AM
New launch date
Source - Nov 17, 2022, 6:24 AM
Adding official T-0 and setting GO
Source - Oct 31, 2022, 10:40 AM
NET Nov 22
Source - Oct 24, 2022, 4:07 AM
Moved to November 2022, date TBD.
Source - Oct 13, 2022, 1:38 PM
Targeting the November 9-15 launch window
Source - Jul 20, 2022, 2:25 PM
NET November 2022
Source - Jan 25, 2022, 5:33 PM
NET Q4 2022
Source
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Founded
2002
Administrator
CEO: Elon Musk
Total Launches
681
Successful
666
Failed
15
Pending
120
Consecutive Success
166
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
Dec 11, 2022, 2:38 AM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778