Blue Ghost Mission 1

American private spacecraft which landed on the Moon in 2025. Blue Ghost Mission 1 was launched on January 15, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Jan 15, 2025).

COSPAR 2025-010ANORAD 62716United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Blue Ghost
Common name: Blue Ghost Mission 1
Payload designation: Blue Ghost 1
International designator: 2025-010A
NORAD catalog number: 62716
GCAT identifier: S62716
UN registration: ST/SG/SER.E/1270

Mission

Mission type: Deep space
Use: Commercial
Program: Blue Ghost
Owner: Firefly
Country: United States
Builder: Firefly Aerospace
Platform (bus): Blue Ghost

Launch

Date: January 15, 2025 · 06:11 UTC
Launch record: 2025-010Success
Rocket: Falcon 9
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): CLO
Perigee: 189 km
Apogee: 322,453 km
Inclination: 35.04°
Status: Left Earth orbit for deep space
Status date: January 15, 2025
Last known active: Mar 16, 2025
End of operations: Mar 16, 2025

Size

Mass: 1,500 kg
Dry mass: 469 kg
Length: 2.0 m
Diameter: 3.50 m
Span: 3.5 m

Deep space

Deep-space catalog entry: D01178
Final central body: Luna
Phase start: February 12, 2025
Phase outcome: Entered orbit around the target · February 14, 2025

Flight phases

From	Central body	Ended	Outcome	Next
Jan 15, 2025	Earth	Feb 12, 2025	Escaped to another body	Luna
Feb 14, 2025	Luna	Mar 2, 2025	Landed	18.6W 61.8N
Mar 2, 2025	Luna	Mar 16, 2025	Stopped transmitting on the surface	—

Landings and impacts

World	Type	Result	Touchdown	Site	Coordinates
Luna	Lander (powered landing)	Landed and operated	Mar 2, 2025	—	18.56, 61.81

Launched together

Hakuto-R M2Deep space · iSpace

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q112958632 (CC0).