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Format: 2023
Format: 2023
Format: 2023

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The DAEDALUS mission concept aims to explore and characterise the entrance and initial part of lunar lava tubes within a compact, tightly integrated spherical robotic device, with a complementary payload set and autonomous capabilities. The mission concept specifically addresses the identification and characterisation of potential resources for future ESA exploration, the local environment of the Moon's subsurface and its geologic and compositional structure.

Germany

Discovery

20-D-S-HRE-01-f

Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg

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The objective of the study was to investigate the performance and shielding abilities of lunar regolith-based geopolymer when reinforced with basalt fibres and cured under environmental conditions of the lunar surface. The geopolymer building materials should be suitable for
3D-printing on the Moon. Since there is a very limited supply of water on the moon, the study also focuses on lunar geopolymers with a reduced amount of water in the recipes, without the need for raw materials that cannot be resourced locally on the Moon.

Norway

Discovery

Ariadna

Østfold University College

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The BRAVE series of reprogrammable FPGA’s represent an entirely new area of development for microelectronics. These high performance, very advanced electronics could revolutionise the manufacturing process and performance of multiple missions. Alongside their development there is a current industry initiative to standardise avionics systems. As part of this venture, GSTP Element 2 has initiated an activity to develop a standardised box, which will contain all the different computer modules, such as power boards, and ensure they are all compatible.

France

GSTP

GT27-046ED

AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS

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Current trend in CUBESAT design is towards increased complexity, volume and power consumption. In this roadmap, a miniaturised SADA would be an enabling technology for various applications and mission designs e.g. LEO constellations with high ?V deployment/End-of-Life deorbiting capabilities, with high power RF payloads for EO and telecom, small interplanetary missions using miniaturised electric propulsion.
 

Italy

GSTP

G617-240MS

IMT srl

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Space mixed-signal radiation tolerant front-end performance for sensor and control for instrumentation and AOCS are limited by the supply of disparate analogue and mixed-signal components.

Spain

TDE

T701-401ED

THALES ALENIA SPACE ESPANA

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 This study investigated the semi-autonomous exploration of a lunar skylight cavity.

Germany

Discovery

20-D-S-HRE-01-b

DFKI - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH

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Belgium

GSTP

G617-241TAdd

RHEA SYSTEM S.A.

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Denmark

GSTP

G617-241TAbh

ROVSING A/S

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CRANE is a study commissioned through the OSIP lunar caves Campaign that examined the possiblity of using a crane to investigate lunar caves via lunar pits. The crane would be mounted on a rover that would need to be placed close to the pit.

Spain

Discovery

20-D-S-HRE-01-e

University of Oviedo

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Light-trapping helps enhance the light absorption in space solar cells and hence enables their thickness to be reduced to increase the radiation hardness. We have optimised light-trapping structures (LTS) inspired in the diatom frustule and moth’s eyes. As a solar cell reference, we use the commercial 3G30C model from Azure Space Solar Power GmbH. We have developed a physical model to describe the solar cell absorption and derive the efficiency. The optical description relies on the Fourier modal method and the solar cell performance on the detailed balance limit.

Spain

Discovery

19-D-A-01

IMN Institute of Micro and Nanotechnology

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