TBDLunar OrbitSpX
Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One
Griffin Mission One
T-MINUS COUNTDOWN
101
DAYS
03
HRS
17
MIN
01
SEC
LAUNCH TIME (NET)
Thursday, December 31, 2026 at 00:00 UTC
MISSION DETAILS
Demonstration flight of the Astrobotic Griffin lander and its engines, initially contracted for the cancelled NASA VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission. The vacated payload spot will now host the FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) lunar rover from Astrolab.
MISSION NAMEGriffin Mission One
TARGET ORBITLunar Orbit
LAUNCH VEHICLEFalcon Heavy
DATA SOURCELL2
LAUNCH WINDOW
NET (NO EARLIER)Thursday, December 31, 2026 at 00:00 UTC
WINDOW OPENThursday, December 31, 2026 at 00:00 UTC
WINDOW CLOSEThursday, December 31, 2026 at 00:00 UTC
LAUNCH PROVIDER
PROVIDERSpaceX
ABBREVIATIONSpX
LAUNCH PAD
PAD NAMELaunch Complex 39A
LOCATIONKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
COORDINATES28.6082°N, -80.6043°E
RELATED LAUNCHES
Same launch vehicle: Falcon Heavy
ROCKET PROFILE
Falcon Heavy
Falcon Family
First flight: 2018-02-06
HEIGHT70.0m
DIAMETER12.2m
STAGES2
LEO PAYLOAD63,800kg
GTO PAYLOAD26,700kg
LIFTOFF THRUST22,819kN
LAUNCH COST$97M
Falcon Heavy is a heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX. It consists of three Falcon 9 cores and is one of the most powerful operational rockets in the world.