Spacebit is a UK-based space startup founded in 2014 that specializes in developing space robotics technology and space data analytics tools for lunar and planetary missions, including advanced micro-robotics and AI. Their primary focus is on creating cost-effective solutions for celestial body exploration, with a goal to establish new infrastructure and commercial resource exploration beyond Earth, starting with the Moon. Spacebit's key products include lunar rovers, such as the "Asagumo," a four-legged walking rover designed to explore challenging lunar terrains like lava tubes and caves and they partner with companies like Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines to deliver payloads to the Moon. The company has worked with NASA through the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
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Spacebit is inviting university researchers to share data the company obtains from two miniature rovers scheduled to travel to the moon with Astrobotic Technology and Intuitive Machines in 2021.
Spacebit plans to send a wheeled rover to the moon in 2021 on Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander.
Spacebit has employees in the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, the United States, and Japan.
Spacebit was established in 2014 by Founder Pavlo Tanasyuk while he was CEO of Monexy.
Spacebit has enough financial support to continue its work for a year and a half.
Spacebit is currently testing motors, cameras, and printed circuit boards in the home vacuum chamber.
Spacebit plans to create two rover designs to mitigate supply chain disruption.
Spacebit will hire five to seven engineers this month.
Spacebit is expanding its engineering staff and preparing for assembly on three continents.
Spacebit is rethinking elements of its strategy for building and testing robotic vehicles due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Spacebit engineer in Ukraine used a 90-centimeter-long vacuum chamber at home to test small parts.
Spacebit has approved the design for a 1.3-kilogram rover named Asagumo scheduled to fly in 2021 on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander.
Spacebit will buy three sets of spacecraft parts and ensure employees can assemble and test rovers in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan.
Spacebit is looking for ways to produce the rover using two sets of parts to prevent supply chain issues.
Spacebit plans to test its rover’s ability to walk on four legs in a large vacuum chamber with regolith before its lunar voyage.
Spacebit plans to send a rover small enough to fit in a single cubesat to the Moon in 2021 on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander.
Spacebit announced a partnership on 2019-10-23 with the International Astronautical Federation Regional Group for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Spacebit signed an agreement to deliver its first lunar payload on Astrobotic’s Peregrine mission in 2021.