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Astrobotic

Astrobotic

The Peregrine Lander precisely and safely delivers payloads to lunar orbit and the lunar surface on each mission.

Created: 2018-11-22

Updated: 2021-01-08

Company - Astrobotic

Founded
Country: 2008; USA

Funding: $212M

Website: Astrobotic

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Astrobotic

Service - Peregrine

Classification: Commercial Lander

Category: Transport Service (LEO-Moon)

Status: 3) Development

First launch: 2021

Awarded $79.5 million by NASA and has proposed to fly as many as 14 payloads to Lacus Mortis, a large crater on the near side of the Moon, by July 2021.
Selected to develop and lead a new lunar payload delivery provider (commercial payload) service onboard the Dynetics Human Landing System (HLS).
NASA awarded Astrobotic with nearly $200 million for launching the rover, called VIPER, and landing it near the moon’s south pole in late 2023.

Bruno told reporters in a conference call that ULA is confident that both the launch vehicle and its first customer — Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander — will be on the launch pad “by the end of next year.”

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[1] https://www.astrobotic.com/

[2] https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-first-commercial-moon-landing-services-for-artemis-program

News, Research, Projects and Patents

Title	Type	Date	Summary
ULA’s new rocket Vulcan projected to launch in late 2021	News	2020-12-17	Tory Bruno said he is confident that Vulcan and first customer — Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander — will be on the launch pad “by the end of next year.”
Astrobotic wins NASA contract to develop charging system for moon rovers	News	2020-11-17	Lunar tech company Astrobotic has won a $5.8 million contract from NASA to develop a system to wirelessly charge rovers and other devices on the moon.
Astrobotic delivered its first "CubeRover" to NASA's Kennedy Space Center	News	2020-10-01	Fulfilling the company's $750,000 contract to develop a lightweight planetary rover for the agency to test in lunar-like terrain.

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