Turkish Lunar Mission-1 (TLM-1)
Falcon 9 Block 5, SpaceX
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Launch time
No earlier than
NET April 2027
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Turkish Lunar Mission-1 (TLM-1) on Falcon 9 Block 5. NET April 2027. Status: TBD. Launch site: Space Launch Complex 40. Source: Launch Library 2.
Turkish Lunar Mission-1 (TLM-1) is the first Turkish lunar exploration spacecraft mission. The TLM-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 collect data about the Moon's water, magnetic activity and radiation. Scientific payload are as follows: * Lunar Neutrals Telescope (LNT) * Lunar Narrow Field of View Radiometer (LNR) * Radiation Calorimeter * Radiation Dosimeter * High Resolution Camera * Wide Angle Video Camera * Vision Based Navigation System.
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit
- Lunar Orbit
Launch context
Generated from source records
Turkish Lunar Mission-1 (TLM-1): Falcon 9 Block 5, operated by SpaceX. Pad: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Mission type: Planetary Science; target orbit: Lunar Orbit. Listed timing: NET April 2027. TBD means this is a provisional date. Vehicle: 284/284 resolved orbital outcomes succeeded (100%) in our records since 4 Jan 2025. Pad: 124 orbital attempts in our records since 4 Jan 2025.
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What these records cover
Partial coverage of stored records, not lifetime or worldwide totals. Counts use known orbital attempts with a source date at or before this snapshot and a status confirming liftoff or an outcome. Scheduled, upstream-missing, suborbital and unknown-orbit records are excluded. Source dates are NET estimates, not verified actual liftoff times.
The vehicle percentage is Success / (Success + Failure + Partial Failure). In Flight and Payload Deployed count as attempts but are excluded from that denominator. Figures describe the stored record at this snapshot, not the vehicle's flight number or a prediction of this launch's outcome.
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Changes recorded by Space Right Now
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Source updates from Launch Library 2 (2)
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- LL2 update
Updated payload name.
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Added launch (see also https://www.turkishminute.com/2026/10/06/turkey-builds-somalia-spaceport-as-lunar-mission-targets-2027-launch/).
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Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA (US)
Coordinates: 28.56194122, -80.57735736
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