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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
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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 November 2023
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