🚀 Falcon 9 · AYAP-1 (TBD) · NET April 2027

Friday, April 30, 2027 All day
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

AYAP-1 is the first Turkish lunar exploration spacecraft mission. The AYAP-1 spacecraft will operate for at least 3 months (possibly extended to 6) in a 100-km circular lunar orbit above the lunar surface before concluding its mission with a controlled crash landing. It will test the 1st Turkish spacecraft hybrid propulsion system and ollect data about the Moon's water, magnetic activity and radiation. No earlier than April 2027 · To Be Determined Falcon 9 Block 5 — SpaceX, to Lunar Orbit Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Image by SpaceX (CC BY-NC 2.0) via The Space Devs.

🚀 Falcon 9 · AYAP-1 (TBD) · NET April 2027