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BLUE GHOST

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Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost, or simply Blue Ghost, is a class of lunar landers designed and manufactured by the American company Firefly Aerospace. Firefly builds and operates Blue Ghost landers to deliver small payloads to the surface of the Moon. The first Blue Ghost mission was launched in January, 2025. It successfully landed on the Moon on March 2, 2025. The landers are named after the firefly species Phausis reticulata, known as blue ghosts.

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Launch

Launch date
January 15, 2025 at 06:11 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Operator
SpaceX
Mission
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission 1 & Hakuto-R M2 “Resilience”

Trajectory

Regime
Interplanetary — Lunar
Reference body
Lunar

Spacecraft

Operator
United States
Launch mass
1,500 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
2025-010A
NORAD catalog №
62716
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
United StatesUnited States
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
March 2, 2025

End of mission

Last active / ended
March 2, 2025
Time in service
46 days
Fate
Mission ended at Lunar.
Final status
Decayed

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