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IM-3 Trinity

NET H2 2026 · Nova-C Trinity · planned

Intuitive Machines IM-3 (CLPS CP-11): Nova-C Trinity - NASA Moon Base III.

Deliver NASA + commercial cargo to Reiner Gamma region.

$77,500,000 public package award.

Stack

VehicleNova-C Trinity
Launch vehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
SiteReiner Gamma

Themes

LandersThe vehicles that put cargo and crew on the surface - commercial cargo landers and human landing systems.
Getting thereThe Earth-to-cislunar delivery layer - launch vehicles and orbital transfer that carry the landers.
Rovers & hoppersWhat moves after landing - scout rovers, hoppers, and crewed lunar terrain vehicles.
Comms & dataLinks, relays, surface networks, and compute - moving data between Earth, orbit, and the surface.
Science & sensingInstruments that measure the Moon and nearby space - composition, radiation, dust, heat, fields, and environment.

Companies

Prime

Named on this flight

NASALDES dust sensor (JSC) on IM-3
AstroForgeAstroForge Vestri asteroid scout (IM-3 rideshare)
RedwireLunar Vertex (LVx) suite - JHU APL

Named suppliers

SpaceXFalcon 9 launch path (IM-3)

Jobs

Cargo

NavCube3-mini

Demo for navigation. Goddard GNSS receiver on Altus-1 - test GPS + Galileo sidelobes for spacecraft position at the Moon without consuming DSN time. · NASA · nasa.gov

Related flights

IM-4NET ~2027 · intuitive-machines

Sources

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