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The latesat presentation on our progress from Euroluna. The presentation was given on our public meeting on sunday.
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Page 1, 2010, © EUROLUNA Ltd.
Euroluna: Progress and current status, April 2010
Palle Haastrup
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Content
• Google Lunar XPrize• History• Organisation• Journey• Design• Time schedule
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Google Lunar X prize
Soft-land a private space craft on the moon, drive 500 m, send back video and win:
• 20 million $ 1st prize• 5 million $ 2nd prize• 5 x 1 million $ bonus prizes
NASA is considering to increase the prizes
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Mission of Euroluna
1. Participate in the GLXP challenge2. Put a remote operated vehicle on the
Moon from a Low Earth - or Geo Transfer-Orbit
3. WIN the first prize4. Afterwards…
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History
Sep. 2007 Founding the association EurolunaEuropean Lunar Exploration Association(Denmark)
Nov. 2008 Registration for Google Lunar Xprize(USA)
Mar. 2009 Euroluna (DK) opens it office premises
(Denmark)
April 2009 First full time staff May 2009 First hardware orderFeb. 2010 First launch agreement signedApr. 2010 OBC, Cameras, Radio delivered
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Organisation for GLXP
• Team name: Euroluna• President: Palle Haastrup• Craft Name: ROMIT• Main web site: www.euroluna.org• Euroluna email: [email protected]• News at www.twitter.com/euroluna• Blog on GLXP site • YouTube: Euroluna• Facebook: Group Euroluna
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Team:
Management Team of ScientistsDriveSmall OverheadSpecialists in IT, Materials, and Physics
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Partners
• GomSpace, Denmark– Hardware and software for cubesat
• NanoMind, NanoCam, NanoCom• Solar panels, attitude control, …..
• Austrian Institute of Technology– Ion motor
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Status April 2010
• Mini Romit I– Computer OK– Cameras OK– Radio OK
– Solar cells– Power supply
– Ion motor– High voltage power supply (10 KV)
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Mini Romit 1
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Mini Romit I
• Launch: December 2010, from Tonga• Provider: Inter Orbital Systems
Launch agreement signed, ……half the price paid!
CONTRIBUTIONS VERY WELCOME
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Romit cube sat
• Purpose:– Show the world and ourselves that we can do it!– Launch at low budget– Test under real space conditions the command and
control and camera module– Test the propulsion module
• Make a world record: – 1st time a someone moves a cube sat (more than a few
m/s).– 1st time a private organization aims for the moon– 1st time it is done on a shoe-string budget.
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Computer module
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OnBoard Computer (OBC)
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Communication module
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How to get out of rocket ?
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Tonga and power!
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Ion motor power supply
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Thrust level from ion motor
• How much thrust is needed ?
• 30 micro newton: we fall down
• 31 micro newton: we move away from earth
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Altitude loss with 30mN
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Altitude gain with 31mN
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From Earth orbit to the Moon
• How to get from miniRomit to the Moon ?
• “Do it again…”
• Increase rocket fuel on board• Incorporate landing module• Incorporate wheels..
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Winning the price…
Future ideas (speculations!!):
• Landing assist module (L)• 2 x ½ Rover module (rover module A and B).
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ROMIT Subsystems
• PROPULSION• POWER• ATTITUDE CONTROL• ON-BOARD CPU• WHEELS AND MOTORS• GPS• CAMERAS• COMMUNICATION• STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS
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ROMIT: Onboard telemetry
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ROMIT: Electrical system
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System Consumption/Production in Watt
Motors 10 W for normal operation, 5 w/motor for exceptions
Camera 3 W
Motor for turning camera 1 W
Computer 1.5 W
Radio Transmitter 3 W
Production with 3 layer solar cells, max
17 W
ROMIT Power consumption
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