LunARSat: European Orbiter Mission to the Moon
LunARSat, the Lunar Academic and Research Satellite, is a micro-spacecraft that will be sent into an orbit around the Moon to perform scientific investigations concerning the lunar environment and its characteristics. However, the prime objective of the LunARSat mission is to serve as an educational...
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ftutahsudc:oai:digitalcommons.usu.edu:smallsat-2233 2023-05-15T18:21:56+02:00 LunARSat: European Orbiter Mission to the Moon Eckart, Peter Phipps, Andy Ward, Jeff Wahlund, Jan-Erik 1998-09-02T15:44:59Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/1998/all1998/33 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2233&context=smallsat unknown DigitalCommons@USU https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/1998/all1998/33 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2233&context=smallsat Small Satellite Conference text 1998 ftutahsudc 2022-03-07T21:18:58Z LunARSat, the Lunar Academic and Research Satellite, is a micro-spacecraft that will be sent into an orbit around the Moon to perform scientific investigations concerning the lunar environment and its characteristics. However, the prime objective of the LunARSat mission is to serve as an educational and outreach project. LunARSat is designed by young engineers, scientists, and students from around Europe, with support from numerous institutions and space industry. It shall be launched as an auxiliary payload on an Ariane 5 ASAP platform and will have a mass of 100 kg in GTO. LunARSat will orbit the Moon on a highly elliptical polar orbit with its perilune above the lunar south pole area. This orbital strategy yields the possibility to obtain images of the lunar south pole region with a resolution never achieved before. Further measurements shall provide further evidence regarding the existence of water ice in the lunar polar craters. Text South pole Utah State University: DigitalCommons@USU South Pole |
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LunARSat, the Lunar Academic and Research Satellite, is a micro-spacecraft that will be sent into an orbit around the Moon to perform scientific investigations concerning the lunar environment and its characteristics. However, the prime objective of the LunARSat mission is to serve as an educational and outreach project. LunARSat is designed by young engineers, scientists, and students from around Europe, with support from numerous institutions and space industry. It shall be launched as an auxiliary payload on an Ariane 5 ASAP platform and will have a mass of 100 kg in GTO. LunARSat will orbit the Moon on a highly elliptical polar orbit with its perilune above the lunar south pole area. This orbital strategy yields the possibility to obtain images of the lunar south pole region with a resolution never achieved before. Further measurements shall provide further evidence regarding the existence of water ice in the lunar polar craters. |
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