Created: 2018-11-22
Updated: 2024-02-24
Company - Astrobotic
Product/Service - Peregrine, Griffin
- Classification
- Cargo Transportation & Landers
- Category
- Commercial Lunar Lander
Transport Service (LEO-Moon)
Commercial Lander
- Fields
- Moon
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- 2024
Peregrine
- CAPACITY 120 KG
- POWER: 1.0 W/KG
- BANDWIDTH 10 KBPS/KG
- PAYLOAD OPERATION 1 LUNAR DAY (192 HOURS)
- LANDING PRECISION 100 METERS
- PRICE TO SURFACE $1.2M/KG
- PRICE TO LUNAR ORBIT $300K/KG
Astrobotic gets payloads working on ailing Peregrine lander, SpaceNews, 2024-01-11.
- Astrobotic, which is working to squeeze as much life as possible out of its crippled Peregrine lunar lander, says it has obtained data from many of the payloads on the spacecraft.
- The company said late Jan. 11 that engineers now estimated the spacecraft had enough propellant for 48 hours of operations, an increase it credited to a slowing leak rate.
Griffin
- CAPACITY 500 KG
- POWER 1.0 W/KG
- BANDWIDTH 10 KBPS/KG
- PAYLOAD OPERATION 100 METERS
- PRICE TO SURFACE $1.2M/KG
- PRICE TO LUNAR ORBIT $300K/KG
News
Product/Service - LunaGrid
- Classification
- Space Utilities
- Category
- Resources - Energy
Lunar Power Service
- Fields
- Moon
Nuclear Power
- Status
- Development
- First launch
- Not announced
- The power would be generated by Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) arrays, solar arrays that are deployed vertically and are optimized for operations at the lunar poles, where the sun is always low on the horizon. Astrobotic won a $6.2 million award from NASA Aug. 23 to develop and test prototypes of that solar array, one of three the agency made for similar technologies.
- The power would be distributed from the VSAT arrays to users through tethered rovers, based on the company’s CubeRover design. Wireless charging technology would then transfer the power from the rover to the customer’s surface asset. The system would start off generating 10 kilowatts of power but can be scaled up over time. The VSAT arrays will themselves be mounted on rovers and can move as needed.
- LunaGrid, Thornton said, is the culmination of technologies that have been in development for years by the company, which is best known for the commercial lunar landers it is building for NASA and other customers.
- The first operational LunaGrid system is planned for 2028, but initial elements could be ready sooner. “It could be deployed mid-decade, in time for an Artemis astronaut to actually be able to plug into it,” he said. “This is not a long-term technology that needs continued development.”
- Astrobotic Technology of Pittsburgh, $34.6 million
- Astrobotic will demonstrate the robotic deployment of one kilometer of cable and power transmission through that cable across the lunar surface. A CubeRover delivered by Astrobotic’s Griffin lander will deploy the power line. The demonstration will advance power generation and distribution technologies, including – a high-voltage power converter, cable, and cable reel system.
Wireless Charger
125W space rated wireless charger system.
Westinghouse and Astrobotic Team to Power Outer Space with eVinci™ Microreactor Technology
Created: 2023-02-19
Updated: 2024-02-24
Product/Service
- Classification
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Category
- In-Space Manufacturing
- Status
- Concept
- First launch
- Not announced
Printing of solar cells on the lunar surface.
Created: 2023-02-19
Updated: 2024-02-24
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