Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 190 | HAKUTO-R Mission 1 and Lunar Flashlight
This rideshare sent ispace's first HAKUTO-R lunar lander and NASA's Lunar Flashlight CubeSat onto separate low-energy paths toward the Moon. Falcon 9 deployed both spacecraft as planned. HAKUTO-R later lost contact during its April 2023 landing attempt; Lunar Flashlight demonstrated several technologies but could not reach lunar orbit after propulsion difficulties, and NASA ended its mission in May 2023.
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- HAKUTO-R Mission 1 launchispace M1Lunar Flashlight launchFalcon 9 F190
- Name
- Falcon 9 Block 5 Flight 190 | HAKUTO-R Mission 1 and Lunar Flashlight
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- This rideshare sent ispace's first HAKUTO-R lunar lander and NASA's Lunar Flashlight CubeSat onto separate low-energy paths toward the Moon. Falcon 9 deployed both spacecraft as planned. HAKUTO-R later lost contact during its April 2023 landing attempt; Lunar Flashlight demonstrated several technologies but could not reach lunar orbit after propulsion difficulties, and NASA ended its mission in May 2023.
- End Date
- 2023-05-12
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- Outcome
- Both spacecraft were deployed successfully; neither completed its planned lunar surface or lunar-orbit objective
- Program
- Commercial lunar delivery and NASA lunar technology demonstration
- Start Date
- 2022-12-11
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- https://www.spacex.com/launches/ispace-m1/
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- Creation Time
- July 19, 2026 at 20:22:56 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 20:22:56 UTC
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