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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Launches to the Moon | Astrobotic

Cape Canaveral, Florida – Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One has successfully launched to the Moon. Peregrine is now flying solo on its way to the Moon,
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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Launches to the Moon | Astrobotic

Cape Canaveral, Florida – Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission One has successfully launched to the Moon. Peregrine is now flying solo on its way to the Moon,
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Looks like the Peregrine lander won't be making it to the Moon. Not a good start for the CLPS program.

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At least the Vulcan Centaur proved itself - ULA is back in the game. Although its not reusable so they won't be competing with SpaceX anytime soon.
 
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Update #11 for Peregrine Mission One:
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Our flight dynamics team has confirmed that the curved sliver in this image taken on our first day of operations is, in fact, Earth! This image from our spacecraft simulator shows the camera's view of Earth at the time the photo was taken.
Peregrine remains stable and fully charged. The spacecraft continues to transmit valuable data. We are now 200,000 miles from earth, which is about 84% of the way to lunar distance.
Starting at around 7pm EST, we will enter an expected 9-hour period of Loss of Signal, our longest period without communication yet. We expect to re-establish communication with the spacecraft again at around 4am EST. We estimate that the spacecraft has about 36 hours of propellant remaining,
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