IM-2
The second mission by private company Intuitive Machines to deliver the Nova-C landing module and scientific equipment to the lunar surface. The spacecraft was launched on February 27, 2025, as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, which aims to explore lunar resources and conduct research in support of the Artemis mission.
Характеристики космического аппарата
| Nation | USA |
| Launch Date | 27 Feb 2025, 0:16 UT |
| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA |
| Landing Mass | 2120 kg |
| Dimensions | 1.588 m x 4.759 m |
| Type | Lander |
| Destination | Moon |
| Scientific Instruments | 1. PRIME 1 - Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1 2. LRA - Laser Retro-Reflector Array 3. NOKIA lunar surface communications system 4. M1 MAPP - Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform Rover 5. Freedom - physical data center 6. Yaoki - lightweight rover 7. Omni-Heat Infinity and Omni-Shade Sun Deflector |
| Frequency band | S |
| Carrier frequency of signal | 2210.6 МГц |
| Landing date | 6 Mar 2025, 17:29:55 UT |
| Landing site | 84.78°S, 29.13°E |
Расписание наблюдений
| Date | Window, UT | Receiver |
Frequency, MHz |
B, MHz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Mar 6 | 16:27 - 19:00 | RT-13 (Zv, Sw) | 2210.6 | 2 |
Spacecraft signal spectrogram
Spectrograms of the IM-2 spacecraft signal obtained from observations of the RT-13 radio telescope at the Zelenchukskaya Observatory on March 6, 2025 in right circular polarization.
Spectrogram of the IM-2 spacecraft signal during landing on the lunar surface in the S-band.
Spectrogram of IM-2 spacecraft signal during landing. The yellow line represents the spectrogram of the signal corresponding to the IM-2 landing site. The dotted white line indicates the moment of landing.
Results
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