Elon Musk on Tuesday reignited a long-running narrative linking Dogecoin to space exploration, telling a fan on X (that SpaceX “maybe next year” could send Dogecoin to the Moon — a phrase interpreted by many in the crypto community as a timeline for fulfilling the long-teased DOGE-1 lunar mission. The brief exchange with a supporter has lifted investor interest and triggered a modest price response in DOGE.
Dogecoin To The Moon, Literally?Musk’s latest comment came in reply to a repost of his own old pledge that SpaceX would put a “literal Dogecoin on the literal Moon,” a promise dating back to 2021 and tied to the DOGE-1 lunar project. With “Maybe next year”, he signaled that the long-delayed mission might materialize as soon as 2027, reviving a narrative that has periodically surfaced over the past few years.
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The DOGE-1 mission is a commercial cubesat funded entirely in Dogecoin, booked as a rideshare aboard a Falcon 9 rocket with the objective of reaching lunar orbit and collecting basic imagery and data, marking one of the first attempts to use cryptocurrency as the payment medium for a space mission.
Originally announced in 2021, the launch has been postponed multiple times, and as of the latest filings and reporting, it remains on track for a launch window in the next year or so.
The broader status of DOGE-1 remains that of a mission expected but not yet executed. Geometric Energy Corporation, the entity behind the payload, has partnered with SpaceX to book the flight, and the satellite is designed to demonstrate blockchain technology beyond low Earth orbit. The exact timeline for launch is still evolving, and Musk’s prompt “maybe next year” implicitly extends prior schedules into 2027.
At press time, DOGE traded at $0.10832.
