Scheduled

Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One

SpaceX · Falcon Heavy

The schedule gives this one date known, time not yet set.

Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

The mission

Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines, initially contracted for the cancelled NASA VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission. The vacated payload spot will now host the FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) lunar rover from Astrolab.

Vehicle and site

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Family

Falcon

Mission

Griffin Mission One

Mission type

Lunar Exploration

Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Coordinates

28.6082°, -80.6043°

The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.

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.

Launches to date

735

Successful

720

Failed

15

Consecutive successes

220

Schedule from Launch Library 2, rebuilt hourly. Dates slip: a time given to the minute is a target, not a promise, and this page reflects the schedule as it stood at the last build. All upcoming launches.