lunarcubes 4: astrobotic - private access to cislunar space
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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
