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Colmena

Company Name: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

(UNAM) & Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM), Mexico

Potentially available for future missions 

Planned Mission(s): Peregrine Mission One

First Mission Launch: 2023

Payload Delivery Locations: First mission planned to land at Sinus Viscositatis, adjacent to the Gruithuisen Domes

First Mission Lander: Peregrine Lander

Rover Mass: 60 g 

Rover Dimensions: Diameter - 12 cm 

Power Source Type: Solar panels

Communications Available: Following landing, a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi modem enables wireless communication between the lander and deployed rovers on the lunar surface.

Expected Working Duration: About 13 Earth days or 1 lunar day. 

First Mission Rover Manifest: 

The bots are made of stainless steel, titanium alloys, and space-grade aluminium, and are equipped to gather lunar minerals that could be useful in future space mining. All electronic devices are positioned 0.8 inches directly above the soil. They are expected to independently perform coordinated functions and work on the surfaces of non-atmospheric space bodies. 

The mission includes 5 small robots, weighing less than 60 g each that will be catapulted onto the lunar surface. The nanorobots will take the first-ever lunar plasma temperature, electromagnetic and regolith particle size measurements.

Last Updated on February 2023

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