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Micro Rover
ROVER MASS
Generates up to 20 W.
When stationary - uses approximately 5 W of power for housekeeping and communications.
When moving - uses approximately 40 W of power.
ROVER DIMENSIONS
Speed - Up to 0.1 m/s, Rove up to 500 m from landing site & Cover more than 2 km in one lunar day
On rover - 1.0 W/kg. The rover provides a total of 18 W of power for Payloads.
Rates during surface operations - 50 kbps per kg of payload for downlink
Rates for check-out during cruise - 2 kbps per kg of payload for downlink,
X band for lander-Earth uplink and downlink. Wi-Fi and sub-Ghz communications between mobile payloads and lander.
ispace, inc., Japan
26 cm tall, 31.5 cm wide, and 54 cm long
~ 5 kg
3.5 kg
Solar panels
Ethernet, RS422 and 3.3V UART.
SpaceX Falcon 9
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
It will be equipped with high-definition, color photo and video, and terrain mapping capabilities, among other data acquisition technologies. Its design is universal in nature, consisting of a “rover bus” comprising standard structural, thermal management and mobility systems with basic functionality for imaging, near-real-time video and near-real-time teleoperation. Depending on customer needs, this can be made up of several payloads from different customers, or from a tailored suite of payloads for a dedicated, customer-specific mission.
MISSION PLAN
This second mission will perform a soft landing and deploy a rover for surface exploration and data collection on the Moon. 2 ispace rovers can be delivered to the surface on each lander.
MISSION DURATION
Flight duration is Maximum 4 months & The duration of nominal surface operations is 12 sunlit days
Last Updated on November 2023
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