Lunar Polar Exploration Rover (LUPEX)
ROVER MASS
To Be Announced
ROVER DIMENSIONS
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
To Be Announced
To Be Announced
H3
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 would carry multiple instruments by JAXA and ISRO:
• Resource Investigation Water Analyzer (REIWA) JAXA
• Lunar Thermogravimetric Analyzer (LTGA) JAXA
• Triple-Reflection Reflectron (TRITON) JAXA
• Aquatic Detector using Optical Resonance (ADORE) JAXA
• ISRO’s Sample Analysis Package (ISAP) ISRO
• Advanced Lunar Imaging Spectrometer (ALIS) JAXA
• Ground Penetrating Rader (GPR) ISRO
• Mid-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (MIR) ISRO
• Neutron Spectrometer (NS) NASA
• Exospheric Mass Spectrometer for LUPEX (EMS-L) ESA
MISSION PLAN
The aim of the mission is to obtain actual data (ground truth data) regarding the quantity of water (H₂O) from in-situ observations of areas where water is anticipated to exist, based on the available past observational data. In addition, the mission also aims to understand the distribution, conditions, form and other parameters of the lunar water resources through in-situ observations in the polar regions of the Moon.