Phase A study for VMMO Lunar Cubesat
Programme Reference
G637-001TFaa
Status
Closed
Country
Canada
Start Date
2020
End Date
2021
Programme: GSTP Prime Contractor: MPB Communications Inc.
Subcontractors:
CRITICAL SOFTWARE SA • Portugal
DEIMOS ENGENHARIA S.A. • Portugal
NGC AEROSPACE LTD • Canada
UNIV WINNIPEG, DEPT GEOGRAPHY • Canada
UNIVERSITY OF SURREY • United Kingdom
Description
The spatial distribution and quantity of in-situ lunar resources, such as water, ice and ilmenite, is currently highly uncertain. The VMMO (Volatile and Mineralogy Mapping Orbiter) is a low-cost 12U Cubesat that includes both the Lunar Volatile and Mineralogy Mapper (LVMM) science payload, a GNSS technology demonstrator, and the supporting 12U Cubesat platform. This GSTP activity addresses the need for mapping these lunar volatiles at relatively high spatial resolution in permanently-shadowed regions by using active single-mode fiber-lasers.
• Application domain: Generic Technologies
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Technology Domain:
26 - Others
26 - Others
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Competence Domain:
2-Structures, Mechanisms, Materials, Thermal
2-Structures, Mechanisms, Materials, Thermal
• Initial TRL: TRL N/A
• Target TRL: TRL N/A
•HarmoRoadMap: N/A
•IPC Document: N/A
