Nova-C
Company Name: Intuitive Machines, LLC, USA
Potentially available for future missions
Planned Missions: Intuitive Machines Mission 1 (IM-1), Mission 2 (IM-2), & Mission 3 (IM-3)
First Mission Launch: March 2023
Payload Delivery Locations: 3 missions planned to land Between Mare Serenitatis and Mare Crisium, at Lunar South Pole - 89.3°S and 3°E, and at Reiner Gamma - 7.5°N and 59.0°W.
Payload capacity - TLI (Trans Lunar Injection): 1000 kg
Payload capacity - To Surface: 130 kg
Power distribution (for payload): 200W (per lander, average)
Communications available: The Lander provides wired communications for the payload. Potentially, Wireless communications between mobile payloads and the lander might be available.
Expected working duration: 14 Earth days on lunar surface
First Mission Ship manifest:
1) Spacebit Mission Two rover - Spacebit, UK
2) ILO-X (International Lunar Observatory)
3) Navigation Doppler Lidar for Precise Velocity and Range Sensing by NASA
4) Lunar Node 1 Navigation Demonstrator by NASA
5) Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies by NASA
6) Laser Retro-Reflector Array by NASA
7) Low-frequency Radio Observations for the Near Side Lunar Surface by NASA & University of Colorado Boulder
8) Tiger Eye 1 by Louisiana State University
9) EagleCAM (Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University Cubesat)
10) DOGE-1 (Geometric Energy Corporation Cubesat)
11) Lunaprise (Galactic Legacy Labs Memorial)
First Mission Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9