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Falcon Heavy is set to launch Falcon Heavy | Gateway PPE & HALO on Fri, Dec 31, 2027, 12:00 AM UTC from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
NET Fri, Dec 31, 2027, 12:00 AM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Falcon Heavy to Lunar Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Falcon Heavy ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
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.
Around this launch
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Good to know
Falcon Heavy | Gateway PPE & HALO is scheduled to lift off Fri, Dec 31, 2027, 12:00 AM UTC — this page shows a live countdown.
A live webcast will appear on this page as soon as the provider publishes a stream link.
Falcon Heavy | Gateway PPE & HALO is a SpaceX mission flying on a Falcon Heavy.
It lifts off from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.