Hakuto-R M1 & Lunar Flashlight

Sent ispace's Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander, attempting to become the first privately built spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, and NASA's Lunar Flashlight water-ice-hunting cubesat toward the Moon from Cape Canaveral. Hakuto-R lost contact and crashed during its April 2023 landing attempt.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LO

Lunar orbit

Payload to orbit

1.1 T

Flight

132nd

of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights

Date and time

11 December 2022, 07:38 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Payload

Lunar Exploration

International designator

2022-168

Launches in 2022

173rd of 186

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