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Intuitive Machines Successfully Tracks Artemis I Mission to Record-Breaking Distance From Earth
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Intuitive Machines, LLC (“Intuitive Machines” or the “Company”), a leading exploration, infrastructure, and services company,
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[{"type":"text","content":" HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nIntuitive Machines, LLC (“Intuitive Machines” or the “Company”), a leading exploration, infrastructure, and services company, today announced that it successfully tracked NASA’s Artemis I Mission (“Artemis I”) as the spacecraft reached its farthest distance from Earth. We believe the results demonstrate the Company’s capability to augment NASA’s existing tracking measurements.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221212005193/en/(Photo: Intuitive Machines)\nAs previously announced on November 10, 2022, NASA authorized Intuitive Machines to utilize its mission control and global ground station network to track Artemis I using one-way Doppler measurements.\n\n“Successfully tracking Artemis I during transit, at the Moon and beyond, is a validation of Intuitive Machines’ ability to provide lunar communications infrastructure for an entire industry,” said Steve Altemus, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Intuitive Machines. “We look forward to future tracking opportunities with NASA and continuing to support our commercial customers through our Lunar Data Services business line.”\n\nIntuitive Machines intends to provide NASA with the data collected during the Artemis I tracking as a demonstration of the Company’s capability to determine spacecraft position and velocity, also known as, Orbit Determination.\n\nAs previously announced on September 16, 2022, Intuitive Machines signed a definitive business combination agreement with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: IPAX, IPAXU, IPAXW), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, that is expected to result in Intuitive Machines becoming publicly listed. Completion of the transaction is subject to approval by Inflection Point’s shareholders, the registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) being declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and other customary closing conditions.\n\nAbout Intuitive Machines\n\nWe are a diversified space company focused on space exploration. We supply space products and services to support sustained robotic and human exploration to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Our products and services are offered through our four business units: Lunar Access Services, Orbital Services, Lunar Data Services,...