Griffin Mission One
Falcon Heavy · SpaceX
NET November 2026
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.
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Vehicle
- Falcon Heavy
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Orbit
- LO
- Payload
- Griffin Mission One
- Status
- TBD
- Booster
- Unknown FH
- Landing
- Return to Launch Site
- Vehicle height
- 70 m
- Liftoff thrust
- 22,819 kN
- Vehicle type flights
- 13
- Vehicle type success rate
- 100.0%
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