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Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience”

Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceXLaunch Complex 39A
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 · 06:11 AM UTC

This mission is complete.

Mission Brief

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.

PayloadBlue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience”
OrbitLunar Orbit
CustomerSpaceX
Stages2
PadLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
WeatherLiftoff Winds, Cumulus Cloud Rule, temperature not reported

Mission Timeline

20 / 20100%

Ground vector

Launch site

Site locked

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Global range
SITE LOCK
Latitude
28.608°N
Longitude
80.604°W

Range Weather

Launch commit criteria

90%
GO
Favorable2 active constraints
Weather Rules
Liftoff WindsCumulus Cloud Rule
Primary concern
Liftoff Winds
Rule count
2
Temperature
Not reported
Surface wind
Not reported
Window

06:06 AM UTC - 06:45 AM UTC

Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

Profile →
Height70 m
LEO Payload22,800 kg
Launches850
Successes707

Provider

USA • Founded 2002

Schedule History

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.