Fusion Space is targeting July 7th at 19:00 BST for the launch of 3 spacecraft to a Luna transfer orbit and low Luna orbit from Pad 01B at the National Space Center in Euresia.
This will be the fourth flight for this first stage (B2008.3), which will be attempting our first ever offshore recovery using a Hazrat Industries Droneship. This will allow us to increase our payload to orbit, which will be necessary as spacecraft get larger and travel further.
Additionally, this flight features a fairing which has been extended in height by roughly 3 meters. We're committed to utilizing as much of F2RE's capacity as possible, so we're slowly introducing more fairing variants for our fairings to fit a variety of new payload configurations.
We are also returning the expanded nozzle for the second stage to increase performance in orbit!
The webcast will begin at T-10 minutes!
Payload Integration
Luna Explorer
Luna Explorer is an advanced lander built by Aurore Space to send up to 10 tons of payload to the surface of Luna while having the capability to deliver cubesats into orbit. This lander will be carrying the Luna Scout rover that will be observing the terrain for future landing attempts, and it will be collecting samples of the surface which will later be returned to Droo by the Luna Prospector mission.
Odelay
OD-02B is the 1st Odelay to fly and land on the moon. This Odelay will test systems for cargo resupply missions to the lunar surface. Odelay is designed and built by Kuiper Space for the Gravitas program.
Luna Ghost
Luna Ghost is an experimental demo lander built by Apollo Industries. It will be their first attempt at soft landing on Luna and their goal is to test out systems which will be used in future spacecraft design.
Mission Timeline
Pre-Launch Timeline
T-1:00:00 - FD Conducts Go/No Go Poll
T-50:00 - Propellant Load S1 & S2
T-6:30 - Propellant Load Complete
T-5:30 - Strongback Retract
T-4:00 Tanks Pressing For Flight
T-1:00 F2RE Flight Computer Enabled
T-0:30 FD Final Go for Launch
T-0:10 Water Deluge
T-0:05 Aeolus Startup Sequence
Launch Timeline
T+0:00 - Liftoff
T+1:05 - Max Q
T+2:30 - Main Engine Cutoff
T+2:33 - Stage Separation
T+2:41 - Second Stage Start One
T+3:13 - Fairing Separation
T+6:32 -Second Stage Cutoff One
T+7:00 - Stage One Landing Burn
T+7:40 - Stage One Barge Landing
T+9:35 - Second Stage Start Two
T+9:50 - Second Stage Cutoff Two
T+20:00:00 - TLI Burn Startup
T+20:01:20 - Second Stage Cutoff Three
T+20:05:00 - Odelay & Luna Explorer Deployment
T+41:07:35 - LOI Burn Startup
T+41:07:50 - Second Stage Cutoff Four
T+46:00:00 - Luna Ghost Deployment
