IMAP & others

Mission

IMAP & others on Falcon 9 Block 5. Wed 24 Sept 2025, 11:30:50 UTC. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Launch Complex 39A. Source: Launch Library 2.

IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is a NASA mission to study interactions between solar wind and the local interstellar medium. Carrying a suite of 10 scientific instruments, IMAP is able to investigate how particles are accelerated, determine their composition, as well as help to advance space weather forecasting models. The IMAP launch also includes the space weather satellite SWFO-L1 (Space Weather Follow-On - L1) for NOAA and the GLIDE (Global Lyman-alpha Imagers of the Dynamic Exosphere/Carruthers Geocorona Observatory) mission to study far ultraviolet emission in the Earth's exosphere.

Mission type

Heliophysics

Orbit

Heliocentric L1

Rocket file imagery

Launch timeline

Times are relative to liftoff.

1. T-38 minWed 24 Sept, 12:52 CEST

   GO for Prop Load

   Launch director verifies go for propellant load

2. T-35 minWed 24 Sept, 12:55 CEST

   Stage 1 LOX Load

   Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage

3. T-35 minWed 24 Sept, 12:55 CEST

   Prop Load

   Start of propelland loading

4. T-16 minWed 24 Sept, 13:14 CEST

   Stage 2 LOX Load

   Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage

5. T-7 minWed 24 Sept, 13:23 CEST

   Engine Chill

   Start of engine chilling

6. T-1 minWed 24 Sept, 13:29 CEST

   Tank Press

   Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels

7. T-1 minWed 24 Sept, 13:29 CEST

   Startup

   The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks

8. T-45 sWed 24 Sept, 13:30 CEST

   GO for Launch

   Launch director verifies go for launch

9. T-3 sWed 24 Sept, 13:30 CEST

   Ignition

   Start of the engine ignition sequence

10. T-0Wed 24 Sept, 13:30 CEST

    Liftoff

    First upwards movement of the rocket

11. T+1 min 12 sWed 24 Sept, 13:32 CEST

    Max-Q

    Maximum dynamic pressure

12. T+2 min 29 sWed 24 Sept, 13:33 CEST

    MECO

    Cut-off of the main engine

13. T+2 min 32 sWed 24 Sept, 13:33 CEST

    Stage 2 Separation

    Separation of the second stage from the first

14. T+2 min 40 sWed 24 Sept, 13:33 CEST

    SES-1

    First start of the second engine

15. T+3 min 12 sWed 24 Sept, 13:34 CEST

    Fairing Separation

    Separation of the payload fairing

16. T+6 min 37 sWed 24 Sept, 13:37 CEST

    Entry Burn Startup

    Start of the atmospheric entry burn

17. T+7 min 7 sWed 24 Sept, 13:37 CEST

    Entry Burn Shutdown

    End of the atmospheric entry burn

18. T+7 min 52 sWed 24 Sept, 13:38 CEST

    SECO-1

    First cut-off of the second engine

19. T+8 min 20 sWed 24 Sept, 13:39 CEST

    Stage 1 Landing Burn

    Start of the first stage landing burn

20. T+8 min 45 sWed 24 Sept, 13:39 CEST

    Stage 1 Landing

    Landing of the first stage

21. T+1 h 12 min 28 sWed 24 Sept, 14:43 CEST

    SES-2

    Second start of the second engine

22. T+1 h 13 min 30 sWed 24 Sept, 14:44 CEST

    SECO-2

    Second cut-off of the second engine

23. T+1 h 23 min 51 sWed 24 Sept, 14:54 CEST

    Payload Separation

    Final deployment of the payload from the rocket

24. T+1 h 30 min 26 sWed 24 Sept, 15:01 CEST

    Payload Separation

    Final deployment of the payload from the rocket

25. T+1 h 36 min 46 sWed 24 Sept, 15:07 CEST

    Payload Separation

    Final deployment of the payload from the rocket

Slip history

Changes recorded by Space Right Now

No changes since we started tracking on Sat 10 Oct 2026, 11:17 UTC.

Launch pad

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA (US)

Coordinates: 28.60822681, -80.60428186