Launch time16 Nov 202206:47:44 UTC
success
Orbit: Heliocentric
Maiden flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), carrying an Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 mission. 10 CubeSats were deployed within eight hours after launch.
Rocket SLSBlock 1
launched from Kennedy Space Center, LC-39BUSA
Payloads
| Name | Purpose | Mass | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArgoMoon | Technology demonstration | - | - |
| Artemis 1 | Technology demonstration | - | - |
| BioSentinel | Astrobiology | - | - |
| CuSP | Space weather | - | - |
| EQUULEUS | Earth observation | - | - |
| LunIR | Technology demonstration | - | - |
| LunaH-Map | Lunar orbiter | - | - |
| Lunar IceCube | Lunar orbiter | - | - |
| Near-Earth Asteroid Scout | Technology demonstration | - | - |
| OMOTENASHI | Lunar lander | - | - |
| Team Miles | Technology demonstration | - | - |