Intuitive Machines Selects SpaceX to Launch its Fourth Lunar Lander Mission and Lunar Data Relay Satellites
08 Abril 2025 - 9:30AM
Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Nasdaq: LUNR, LUNRW) (“Intuitive
Machines”) (“Company”), a leading space exploration,
infrastructure, and services company, has recently selected
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch its fourth lunar delivery
mission (“IM-4”) from Florida. The IM-4 mission is expected to
include the launch of two lunar data relay satellites intended to
support NASA’s Near Space Network Services (“NSNS”) contract.
“Lunar surface delivery and data relay satellites are central to
our strategy to commercialize the Moon,” said Intuitive Machines
CEO Steve Altemus. “In addition to the contracted NSNS service, the
satellites are capable of hosting additional payloads and science
sensors to serve commercial industry and other government
customers. We plan to deploy the first of five lunar data relay
satellites on our third mission, which will introduce our
pay-by-the-minute service. The two additional satellites on our
fourth mission are intended to scale that service, followed by two
additional deployments to complete the constellation and fully
support NASA and commercial lunar operations.”
As previously announced, the IM-4 surface delivery mission is
currently scheduled for 2027 and is set to carry six NASA
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (“CLPS”) initiative payloads,
including a European Space Agency-led drill suite designed to
search for water at the lunar south pole.
NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines multiple task orders under
the agency’s NSNS contract for communication and navigation
services. The awards call for Intuitive Machines to provide
Direct-to-Earth (“DTE”) services and a lunar data relay
constellation to support NASA’s Artemis campaign.
About Intuitive Machines
Intuitive Machines is a diversified space technology,
infrastructure, and services company focused on fundamentally
disrupting lunar access economics. In 2024, Intuitive Machines
successfully soft-landed the Company’s Nova-C class lunar lander on
the Moon, returning the United States to the lunar surface for the
first time since 1972. In 2025, Intuitive Machines returned to the
lunar south pole with a second lander. The Company’s products and
services are focused through three pillars of space
commercialization: Delivery Services, Data Transmission Services,
and Infrastructure as a Service. For more information, please visit
intuitivemachines.com.
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