IM-3
IM-3 is Intuitive Machines' NASA CLPS CP-11 mission to Reiner Gamma, planned for 2026. Its Nova-C Trinity lander will deliver Lunar Vertex, the CADRE autonomous-rover team, ESA's MoonLIGHT Pointing Actuator, and KASI's LUSEM particle monitor; Intuitive Machines' first lunar data-relay satellite is also planned to launch on the same rocket. NASA and Intuitive Machines have not published an exact launch day, pad, or named relay flight article.
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- Intuitive Machines 3CLPS IM-3CP-11
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- IM-3
- Status
- planned
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- Description
- IM-3 is Intuitive Machines' NASA CLPS CP-11 mission to Reiner Gamma, planned for 2026. Its Nova-C Trinity lander will deliver Lunar Vertex, the CADRE autonomous-rover team, ESA's MoonLIGHT Pointing Actuator, and KASI's LUSEM particle monitor; Intuitive Machines' first lunar data-relay satellite is also planned to launch on the same rocket. NASA and Intuitive Machines have not published an exact launch day, pad, or named relay flight article.
- Outcome
- Planned for 2026. The Nova-C Trinity lander is intended to make the first landing at Reiner Gamma and investigate the swirl's magnetic anomaly while deploying autonomous robotic and international science payloads; an accompanying Intuitive Machines relay satellite is planned to begin a commercial lunar data network.
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- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 15:34:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 23:27:35 UTC
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