Frontier Aerospace won a $1,900,000 contract to demonstrate its main engine on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander first flight in 2020.
Astrobotic signed a teaming agreement with Dynetics on 2018-07-17 for the main propulsion system of its Peregrine lunar lander.
The Peregrine main engines are supplied by subcontractor Frontier Aerospace, a California company that developed the engines under a NASA contract.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine spacecraft offers payload delivery at a price of $1,200,000 per kilogram.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine mission is planned to provide small robotic lander capabilities to the Moon as early as 2020 and will launch on a ULA Atlas V.
SSTL will provide state-of-the-art data relay services to payloads operating on Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lander, including services to reach the lunar far side.
Astrobotic will begin delivering a regular manifest of uncrewed payload flights to the Moon starting in 2020 using its Peregrine lander.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine spacecraft accommodates multiple customer payloads on a single flight and offers a price of $1,200,000 per kilogram.
Astrobotic intends to fly the first CubeRover on its Peregrine lunar lander to the Moon in 2020.
Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander is scheduled to launch to the Moon in 2020 on ULA’s Atlas V.
Astrobotic has worked with NASA for three years under the Lunar CATALYST program to prepare its Peregrine Lunar Lander for a mission in 2020.
Astrobotic recommends that NASA implement a “Lunar Surge” of science, technology, and robotic exploration missions starting in 2020 using privately developed lunar landers like Peregrine.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine Lunar Lander program has provided NASA with insight into the company’s lunar delivery capabilities.
The Peregrine Lunar Lander will fly 35 kg of customer payloads on its first mission with an option to upgrade to 265 kg on future missions.
Eleven deals from six nations have been signed for Astrobotic’s 2019 Peregrine mission.
The preliminary design review of the Peregrine vehicle took place in November 2016.