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Our latest presentation given by the founder of Euroluna, Palle Haastrup, at the Google Lunar X Prize team summit on the Isle of Man october 2010.
Transcript of Presentation October 2010
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Euroluna: Progress and current status, October 2010
Palle Haastrup
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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…
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Main events
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 deliveredJuly 2010 Ion motor orderedOct. 2010 Power supply and solarcells delivered
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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
• 37 videos uploaded to YouTube, nearly 10.000 hits in total
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Company: partners
• GomSpace, Denmark– Hardware and software for cubesat
• NanoMind, NanoCam, NanoCom• Solar panels, attitude control, …..
• Austrian Institute of Technology– Ion motor
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Status October 2010
• Romit I– Computer OK– Cameras OK– Radio OK
– Solar cells OK– Power supply, OK
– Ion motor Ordered– High voltage power supply (10 KV) in
development
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Romit 1
Credits: GomSpace ApS
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Romit I
• Planned Launch: March 2011, from Tonga• Provider: Inter Orbital Systems
Launch agreement signed and paid
CONTRIBUTIONS VERY WELCOME
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Romit 1
• Purpose:– Test under real space conditions the command
and control and camera module– Test the propulsion module
• Make a world record: – 1st time a private organisation moves a cube
sat (more than a few m/s).
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Launch adapter
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Ion Motor
• Metal based: Indium
• Low thrust
• Space tested as attitude control
• Needs high tension, low current power module. Currently under development
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Ion motor power supply
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Orbit considerations
• 320 km altitude is low…
• There is still atmospheric drag
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• So how much thrust is needed ?
• 30 micro newton: we fall down
• 31 micro newton: we move away from earth.
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Status Romit 1
• Financing for hardware secured
• All hardware ordered
• Launch agreement signed and funding allocated
• Software development still to be done
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NEXT MISSION: To the moon
• “Do it again…”
• Increase rocket fuel on board.• Incorporate landing module• Incorporate wheels..
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Romit 2 Subsystems
• PROPULSION• POWER• ATTITUDE CONTROL• ON-BOARD CPU• WHEELS AND MOTORS• GPS• CAMERAS• COMMUNICATION
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Other considerations
• Master Team Agreement seems reasonable
• We plan a signature ceremony
• Next public Euroluna Meeting 30.10.2010 at 16.00 in Ballerup, Denmark
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Thank you for your attention
