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Vulcan VC2S | Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight)

Name: Vulcan VC2S | Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight)
Start: 2024-01-08T07:18:38.000Z
End: 2024-01-08T08:03:00.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

January 8, 2024 at 7:18 AM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Vulcan VC2S | Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight) launch image — Mission imagery · Vulcan VC2S

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January 8, 2024 at 7:18 AM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 41

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.5834, -80.5830

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Rocket: Vulcan VC2S
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 41
Launch probability: 85%
Window opens: January 8, 2024 at 7:18 AM UTC
Window closes: January 8, 2024 at 8:03 AM UTC
Feed updated: March 8, 2024 at 7:40 AM UTC

Mission description

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.

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Mission media

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Jan. 8 LIVE Broadcast: Vulcan Cert-1

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ULA Launches the First Vulcan Centaur with the Peregrine Moon Lander First US Commercial Moon Launch: Astrobotic Peregrine Mission 1 (Official NASA Broadcast)

Vehicle

Vulcan VC2S

Vulcan · VC2S

Height

61.6 m

Diameter

5.4 m

LEO capacity

19,000 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 41

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.

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