LunarCubes 4: Astrobotic - Private Access to Cislunar Space

Dan Hendrickson LunarCubes Workshop October 2014

Astrobotic is a space logistics

company that delivers

packages to the Moon for

companies, governments, and

universities.

We fly multiple payloads aboard a single vehicle enabling unprecedented affordable, flexible access to space

OUR APPROACH

Rovers

Satellites Science Instruments,

R&D, Education

Resource Prospecting Marketing, Social

Astrobotic’s Griffin Moon Lander

New Moonfaring Nations

Off-the-Shelf Launch – SpaceX Falcon 9

Astrobotic Spacecraft

Pre-Launch Integration

Services

In-Flight Infrastructure and Operations

MISSION ARCHITECTURE

Trans-Lunar Injection

Price: $99,000/kg

SERVICES

Lunar Orbit

Price: $198,000/kg

SERVICES

Lunar Surface

Price: $1.2 mil/kg

SERVICES

Bandwidth: $30,000/kbps Power: $225,000/W

GRIFFIN LANDER

Dry Mass 535kg

Payload Mass to TLI 663kg

Payload Mass to Lunar Orbit 515kg

Payload Mass to Surface 270kg

Diameter 4.5m

Height 1.6m

Communication from Surface 410kbps

1st MISSION DESTINATION:

LACUS MORTIS PIT

Propulsive Flight

Payload Release Test

Lander – Rover Testing

Pocari Sweat

Thank you!

www.Astrobotic.com

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