Presentation April 18th

Page 1, 2010, © EUROLUNA Ltd.

Euroluna: Progress and current status, April 2010

Palle Haastrup


Content

• Google Lunar XPrize• History• Organisation• Journey• Design• Time schedule


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


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…


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


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


Team:

Management Team of ScientistsDriveSmall OverheadSpecialists in IT, Materials, and Physics


Partners

• GomSpace, Denmark– Hardware and software for cubesat

• NanoMind, NanoCam, NanoCom• Solar panels, attitude control, …..

• Austrian Institute of Technology– Ion motor


Status April 2010

• Mini Romit I– Computer OK– Cameras OK– Radio OK

– Solar cells– Power supply

– Ion motor– High voltage power supply (10 KV)


Mini Romit 1


Mini Romit I

• Launch: December 2010, from Tonga• Provider: Inter Orbital Systems

Launch agreement signed, ……half the price paid!

CONTRIBUTIONS VERY WELCOME


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.


Computer module


OnBoard Computer (OBC)


Communication module


How to get out of rocket ?


Tonga and power!


Ion motor power supply


Thrust level from ion motor

• How much thrust is needed ?

• 30 micro newton: we fall down

• 31 micro newton: we move away from earth


Altitude loss with 30mN


Altitude gain with 31mN


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..


Winning the price…

Future ideas (speculations!!):

• Landing assist module (L)• 2 x ½ Rover module (rover module A and B).


ROMIT Subsystems

• PROPULSION• POWER• ATTITUDE CONTROL• ON-BOARD CPU• WHEELS AND MOTORS• GPS• CAMERAS• COMMUNICATION• STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS


ROMIT: Onboard telemetry


ROMIT: Electrical system


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


Don’t fall asleep. Do donations!

• Support very welcome!!!

• Thank you for your attention

Presentation April 18th

Documents

google lunar

launch agreement

rover module

palle haastrup

ion motor

mini romit

attitude control

launch