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SpaceRadar | Rover Details

Iris Lunar Rover

ROVER MASS

ROVER DIMENSIONS

Drive about 49 m

The lander-payload connection is provided via Serial RS-422 or SpaceWire for wired communication throughout the mission. Following landing, a 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.11n compliant WLAN modem enables wireless communication between the lander and deployed rovers on the lunar surface.
Peregrine lander relays payload telecommands and telemetry in near real-time.

Astrobotic Technology, USA

~ 25 X 17.5 X 10.5 cm

2 kg

No external payload

No external payload

Non-rechargeable batteries

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

ROVER MANIFEST

The rover will be equipped with Two cameras with 1936 × 1456 resolution. Iris rover will be collecting scientific images for geological sciences, as well as UWB RF ranging data for testing new relative localization techniques.

MISSION PLAN

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) students, staff, and professors collaborate with Astrobotic to develop space robotics technology. CMU is currently developing the Iris rover for Astrobotic’s inaugural lunar mission. CMU is also a subcontractor on Astrobotic’s MoonRanger lunar rover mission.

MISSION DURATION

8+ Earth days

Last Updated on August 2024

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