december, 2019
15dec00:00SLS - Exploration Mission 1
Event Details
Launch Date: NET December 15, 2019 Launch Window: TBA Launch Vehicle: Space Launch System Block I / iCAPS Launch Operator: NASA Launch Site: LC-39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida Payload: Orion Exploration Mission 1 Payload Operator: NASA Secondary Payloads: NEA Scout Lunar Flashlight BioSentinel Skyfire Lunar IceCube LunaH-Map CuSP EQUULEUS OMOTENASHI ArgoMoon Cislunar Explorer A &
Event Details
| Launch Date: | NET December 15, 2019 |
| Launch Window: | TBA |
| Launch Vehicle: | Space Launch System Block I / iCAPS |
| Launch Operator: | NASA |
| Launch Site: | LC-39B Kennedy Space Center, Florida |
| Payload: | Orion Exploration Mission 1 |
| Payload Operator: | NASA |
| Secondary Payloads: | NEA Scout Lunar Flashlight BioSentinel Skyfire Lunar IceCube LunaH-Map CuSP EQUULEUS OMOTENASHI ArgoMoon Cislunar Explorer A & B CU-E3 Miles |
The maiden flight of NASA’s Space Launch System will deliver the agency’s Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle on its second test flight and the first beyond Low Earth Orbit. Exploration Mission 1 will test Orion on a lunar mission architecture, spending approximately three weeks in space including six days in orbit around the Moon. The SLS Block 1 launch vehicle used for EM-1 comprises two five-segment Solid Rocket Boosters, four RS-25 engines on the 8.4-meter core stage and an Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage taking the role of upper stage for the initial orbital insertion and then the translunar-injection. Thirteen CubeSats will be launched as secondary payloads on the EM-1 flight.
Mission Resources:
🛰 Payload Overview: Orion MPCV
Time
(Sunday) 00:00 UTC
