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Intuitive Machines set for second landing, looking to build a lunar economy (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/spaceflight

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

This is such a cool mission with so many great spacecraft. First of all, it's awesome that the launch is a rideshare for a lunar lander, a space tug, a lunar water mapping satellite, and an asteroid mining prospecting mission. Then, after landing, Nova-C deploys the Micro Nova "Grace" hopper, MAPP rover, Yaoki rover, and starts a 4G/LTE network.

The Wikipedia page also mentions a lunar communication satellite being part of the rideshare, but I'm pretty sure that isn't on this launch.