Falcon 9 Block 5 | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2

Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 2

2nd lunar lander developed by Firefly Aerospace. The Blue Ghost lander will be of a new two-stage version utilizing an Elytra Dark transfer vehicle to place it and the European Space Agency's Lunar Pathfinder experimental communication satellite into Lunar orbit. The lander will land on the far side of the Moon with 2 NASA payloads: * Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment (LuSEE-Night) * User Terminal (UT)

Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Length

70 m

Diameter

3.65 m

Launch Mass

549 t

LEO Capacity

22,800 kg

GTO Capacity

8,300 kg

Maiden Flight

2018