Launches/Dragonfly

Dragonfly

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SpaceX · Kennedy Space Center, United States · 2028-07-05 · 00:00:00 UTC

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Lift-off: 2028-07-05
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Vehicle

Falcon Heavy

Orbit

Helio-N/A

Crewed

Mission

Planetary Science

Operator

SpaceX

Mission Details

PayloadDragonfly

Mission typePlanetary Science

Launch siteKennedy Space Center · Launch Complex 39A

OrbitHelio-N/A

Operator agencySpaceX

CountryUnited States

Date2028-07-05

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Dragonfly is NASA's 4th New Frontiers program mission that will send a robotic rotorcraft to fly within the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan to sample materials and determine surface composition in different geologic settings, advancing humanity's search for the building blocks of life. The craft is a large quadcopter with double rotors with mass of about 875 kg, featuring rotors of 1.35 m in diameter. It can fly through several kilometers within an hour and will perform 1 flight per Titan d

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