Colmena
ROVER MASS
ROVER DIMENSIONS
Following landing, a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi modem enables wireless communication between the lander and deployed rovers on the lunar surface.
Astrobotic Technology, USA
Diameter - 12 cm
60 g
Solar panels
Vulcan Centaur, United Launch Alliance
ROVER MOBILITY
PAYLOAD BAY (AVAILABLE MASS)
PAYLOAD BAY SIZE
POWER SOURCE
POWER GENERATION & USAGE
POWER DISTRIBUTION (FOR PAYLOAD)
INTERFACES AVAILABLE (FOR PAYLOAD)
COMMUNICATIONS AVAILABLE
COST
LANDER COMPANY
LAUNCH VEHICLE
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ROVER MANIFEST
The bots are made of stainless steel, titanium alloys, and space-grade aluminum, 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.
MISSION PLAN
The mission includes 5 small robots, weighing less than 60 g each that will be catapulted onto the lunar surfac. The nanorobots will take the first-ever lunar plasma temperature, electromagnetic and regolith particle size measurements. The robots in Project COLMENA will work in a coordinated manner to demonstrate that they can be the explorers and miners of space. Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM), the Mexican Space Agency, will fly the first Latin American scientific instrument to the surface of the Moon.