Autonomous Planetary Payload Survival Support System (APPS)
Programme
Discovery
Programme Reference
078-1
Contractor
Airbus Defence & Space
Start Date
End Date
Country
France

Description
The APPS study work focusses on the critical technologies required to provide both servicing and support functions to a seismometer payload located on the lunar surface. Although the baseline payload (and by extension the reference mission) has specific requirements, the technology focus of the study allows the outputs to be of broader application to exploration missions to the moon and beyond.
Keywords
Payload
Seismometer
Exploration
Executive summary