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Dec 11, 2022
Falcon 9 carrying HAKUTO-R M1 and Lunar Flashlight liftoff
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle launched HAKUTO-R M1 and Lunar Flashlight from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 11 December 2022, at 07:38 UTC (02:38 EST).
Falcon 9 launches HAKUTO-R M1 and Lunar Flashlight
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1073) landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, having previously supported four missions: SES-22 and three Starlink missions.
Illustration: ispace Hakuto-R M1 landed on the Moon
ispace’s Hakuto-R M1 is the first privately-led Japanese mission to land on the lunar surface.
HAKUTO-R M1 deployment
ispace’s Hakuto-R M1 lunar lander was successfully deployed into orbit approximately 47 minuters after being launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 11 December 2022, at 07:38 UTC (02:38 EST).
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight
NASA’s Lunar Flashlight is a very small satellite developed by Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will use near-infrared lasers and an onboard spectrometer to map ice in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon’s south pole.
Related links:
ispace: https://ispace-inc.com/
Lunar Flashlight - Jet Propulsion Laboratory - NASA: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/lunar-flashlight
SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com/
Images, Videos, Text, Credits: ispace/NASA/SpaceX/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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