DELAYED: SpaceX Launch Carrying First Commercial Lunar Lander Pushed Back to Thursday 3:37 a.m. ET at Cape Canaveral
By Space Coast Daily // November 30, 2022
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ABOVE VIDEO: SpaceX Launch Carrying First Commercial Lunar Lander Set for 3:37 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 1 carrying the ispace Mission 1, the first commercial lunar lander, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The launch is targeted for 3:37 a.m. ET.
The 45th Weather Squadron says weather conditions for the launch tonight are over 90-percent favorable.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first commercial lunar lander for ispace, a Japan-based company that competed for the Google Lunar XPRIZE and is now developing a series of robotic lunar landers. The first lunar lander, called ispace Mission 1, was assembled in partnership with ArianeGroup and carries a package of international and commercial payloads, including two small lunar rovers from the United Arab Emirates and Japan.
The mission will target a landing in the Lacus Somniorum region of the moon.
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat will be a rideshare payload on this launch.
The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
