Gateway PPE & HALO
Falcon Heavy, SpaceX
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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Mission
Gateway PPE & HALO on Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.
The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) are the foundational elements of NASA's lunar-orbiting space station "Gateway". The PPE is a 60-kilowatt class solar electric propulsion spacecraft that also will provide power, high-speed communications, attitude control and the capability to move the Gateway to different lunar orbits. The HALO is the pressurized living quarters where astronauts who visit the Gateway, often on their way to the Moon, will work. It will provide command and control and serve as the docking hub for the outpost. HALO will support science investigations, distribute power, provide communications for visiting vehicles and lunar surface expeditions, and supplement the life support systems aboard Orion, NASA’s spacecraft that will deliver Artemis astronauts to the Gateway.
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Orbit
- Lunar Orbit
Programmes: Artemis
Rocket file imagery
File imagery: Psyche, 13 October 2023. Falcon Heavy lifting off from Launch Complex 39A.
Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani · Public domain (NASA) · SourceLaunch timeline
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Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA (US)
Coordinates: 28.60822681, -80.60428186
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