SpaceIL lunar lander mission - 2019 |
SpaceIL lunar lander mission - 2019 |
Sep 13 2018, 06:21 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10227 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I'm setting this up in preparation for the launch of SpaceIL's lunar mission, probably early next year. They have arranged a rideshare with Spaceflight Industries on a Falcon 9 launch early in 2019. Earlier they were saying launch in December, land on the Moon in February, so now I assume the landing might be delayed until March. This mission was originally going to be part of the Google Lunar X Prize, but that of course is now gone. It might be rekindled with a different sponsor (though I doubt it).
SpaceIL is the first of the GLXP teams to actually make it to a launch. For what it's worth, I expect Astrobotic to fly as well, and I think Team Indus and PTScientists may also get off the ground. I'm hearing things about Moon Express which cause me to doubt its chances. More on landing sites shortly. Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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Jan 31 2020, 08:55 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10227 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
The LPSC 2020 abstracts are available now (Jan. 31), and one concerns Beresheet. Its magnetometer was used through about half an orbit (perhaps more, but a half-orbit arc is shown), over the Earth-facing side of the Moon prior to the landing attempt. I think the abstract is saying that the data are compromised by the magnetic field of the spacecraft and will not be useful.
Phil https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/1267.pdf -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
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