Moon
Peregrine Mission One
Astrobotic’s first lunar lander mission ended in a controlled Earth re-entry after a propulsion-system failure prevented the planned Moon landing.
Failed — controlled Earth re-entry · Mission concluded after controlled re-entry on January 18, 2024.
View in 3D map ↗Official mission site ↗The mission
Peregrine Mission One launched on January 8, 2024 carrying commercial and scientific payloads toward the Moon. A propulsion-system failure prevented the planned lunar landing, and Astrobotic safely directed the spacecraft to re-enter over the South Pacific on January 18, 2024.
The launch
- Launch
- 8 January 2024, 07:18 UTC
- Launch location
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Eastern Test Range
- Launch vehicle
- Vulcan Centaur VC2S
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Failed — controlled Earth re-entry
Controlled re-entry · January 18, 2024
Mission concluded after controlled re-entry on January 18, 2024.
Astrobotic concluded Peregrine Mission One after independent confirmation of its safe, controlled re-entry over the South Pacific.
Spacecraft
Peregrine
GCAT program: Astrobotic.
- GCAT ID
- S58751
- Manufacturer
- Astrobotic Technology Inc.
- Launch mass
- 1,283 kg
- Propulsion
- AOCS
- Dimensions
- 1.9 m long · 2.5 m diameter · 2.5 m span
Colmena 1
GCAT program: Colmena.
- GCAT ID
- A11125
- Manufacturer
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
- Launch mass
- 0.06 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.12 m long · 0.12 m diameter · 0.12 m span
Colmena 2
GCAT program: Colmena.
- GCAT ID
- A11126
- Manufacturer
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
- Launch mass
- 0.06 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.12 m long · 0.12 m diameter · 0.12 m span
Colmena 3
GCAT program: Colmena.
- GCAT ID
- A11127
- Manufacturer
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
- Launch mass
- 0.06 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.12 m long · 0.12 m diameter · 0.12 m span
Colmena 4
GCAT program: Colmena.
- GCAT ID
- A11128
- Manufacturer
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)
- Launch mass
- 0.06 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.12 m long · 0.12 m diameter · 0.12 m span
Colmena 5
Gallery
One image from Peregrine Mission One.
Sources
- Astrobotic — Final Update for Peregrine Mission Oneofficial
- GCAT pauxcat payload catalogmachine-readable catalog
- GCAT psatcat payload catalogmachine-readable catalog
- GCAT — General Catalog of Artificial Space Objectscatalog (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikimedia Commons — Astrobotic Lunar Lander NASA Meatball Install (KSC-20231114-PH-ILW01 0015)asset
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