Astrobotic Readying for 2026 Lunar Surface Mission
Astrobotic is looking at a Dec. 4, 2025-March 4, 2026, window for launching its Griffin Mission 1 to the south polar region of the moon, it said in an FCC Space Bureau application posted Tuesday. It said GM-1 would deliver…
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NASA and commercial payloads for a lunar surface mission. The total mission would be at most 28 days, including five days on the lunar surface. GM-1 would be decommissioned on the moon's surface and not return, Astrobotic said. The spacecraft would operate in the X band and use the S band for short-range communications between the lander and the rover on the lunar surface, it said.