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With Euroluna to the moon on board Romit

With Euroluna to the moon on board Romit. European Lunar Exploration Association and Euroluna Ltd. . Agenda for meeting 8.3.2009. 1. Welcome 2. Introduction to the GLXP competition 3. Presentation of the Euroluna project 4. Presentation of Team members 5. Questions and Comments

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With Euroluna to the moon on board Romit

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  1. With Euroluna to the moon on board Romit European Lunar Exploration Association and Euroluna Ltd.

  2. Agenda for meeting 8.3.2009 1. Welcome 2. Introduction to the GLXP competition 3. Presentation of the Euroluna project 4. Presentation of Team members 5. Questions and Comments 6. Discussion 7. Close

  3. Another Way to the Moon European Lunar Exploration Association and Euroluna Ltd. 15th December 2008

  4. New Ideas Ingenious Route Design Using Gravity for Propulsion Piggyback Ride to LEO Standard but Tested Components 15th December 2008

  5. Benefits Minimal Fuel Consumption Low Mass Low Cost Low Capital Requirement . 15th December 2008

  6. Team of Gifted Amateurs Management Team of Entrepreneurs Drive Small Overhead Specialists in IT, Materials, and Physics 15th December 2008

  7. Euroluna Strengths Technical expertise Voluntary contributions Ideas Team size, team cohesion 15th December 2008

  8. Budget breakdown: Approx 2,8 million Euros Hardware 30 % Launch 30 % Operation 30% Various 10 % 15th December 2008

  9. Euroluna • European Lunar Exploration Association, registered in Denmark. • Euroluna Ltd, registered in Switzerland • Volunteer based, shoe-string budget

  10. Team name: Euroluna • President: Palle Haastrup • Craft Name: ROMIT • Main web site: www.euroluna.org • Euroluna email: info@euroluna.dk • News at www.twitter.com/euroluna • Blog: on GLXP site

  11. Collaborators • Clyde Space Inc. • Langtved Data • Micro Aerospace Solutions, Inc  • University of Toronto • Preliminary contacts with: Jamesburg disc

  12. Key team members • Palle: Team leader • Tor: Software • Soeren: Mechanical design • Sten: Trajectory • Signe: Press • Erik: Software operator • Mogens: Embedded software • Jesper: Video processing chain • Tom: Revisor • Kertu: kontor • + many others

  13. Mission • Put a remote operated vehicle on the moon • Participate in the GLXP challenge

  14. Google Lunar X prize • 20 million $ 1st prize • 5 million $ 2nd prize • 5 x 1 million $ prize

  15. To win • Be the first team • Private funding • Get to the moon • Drive/move 500 m • Send back “video”

  16. GLXP mission requirements

  17. Euroluna technical solution • One integrated craft • Small rover • Bi prob rocket motor • Solar powered • Minimum design of space component.

  18. Key mission parameters • Departure from LEO (800 km) • Trajectory: Weak Stability Boundary • Design: no redundancy • Time planning: launch opportunity end 2009

  19. Romit Subsystems • PROPULSION • POWER • ATTITUDE CONTROL • ONBOARD CPU • WHEELS AND MOTORS • GPS • CAMERAS • COMMUNICATION • STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS

  20. Thermal Analysis • Design temperature in space: -20 - +50 ° C • Design temperature on the moon: +30 - +50 ° C • This leads to an acceptable α/ε of between 0.65 and 0.88 • The outer coating: shade of grey and heat conducting

  21. Other specs • HAL specs (linux) • Connections: USB • Operation (out of rocket, attitude control, burn 3100 m/s, wait 4 month, turn around, break, land..) • Link budget: large disc needed.

  22. Mechanical and vibration analysis • Mechanical issues on connection between the two tanks. • Vibration analysis not made yet, but assumed to be no serious problem…

  23. Link budget

  24. Solar cell navigation (!) • By measuring the solar input to the 6 solar cells, we get a rough direction/orientation of the spacecraft. • Power measurement can handle this ?

  25. System Consumption/Production in Watt Motors 10 W for normal operation, 5 w/motor for exceptions Camera 3 W Motor for turning camera 1 W Computer 1.5 W Radio Transmitter 3 W Production with 3 layer solar cells, max 17 W Power consumption

  26. Trajectory design • Weak Stability boundary route • Advantages: all launches can be used • Disadvantage: time to moon, precision

  27. Mission plan outline

  28. Mission plan

  29. Moon operation mission plan

  30. Discussion • Main conceptual design frozen • Mechanical design still evolving • Offer for launch end of 2009 – but maybe Geo Transfer orbit in 2010 • We need to go commercial off the shelf, rather than custom designed.

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