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SERIES-2 (ispace lander) [archived]
PAYLOAD CAPACITY - TLI (Trans Lunar Injection)
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500 kg
The Series 2 lander aims to be the first commercial lunar lander to survive a chilly lunar night, and to deliver a suite of three NASA-sponsored science payloads.
07/2022
2000 kg
~ US $100 M per mission
1) LuSEE (a flight spare from the FIELDS instrument on the Parker Solar Probe)
2) Farside Seismic Suite (FSS) - to measure moonquakes
3) The Lunar Interior Temperature and Materials Suite (LITMS)
4) A 15 kg payload from ArkEdge Space, Inc., Tokyo (To deliver to the lunar orbit)
5) Miniaturized greenhouse payload from Aviv Labs, LLC - To attempt to grow edible plants on the Moon for the first time.
6) Innovative active phased array antenna and software-defined communications technology from CesiumAstro, Inc.
Up to 28 Earth days after landing
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Last Updated on August 2023
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