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Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One will deliver NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the South Pole of the Moon in 2024.
The European Space Agency selected Astrobotic and Lunar Logistics Services to fly the LandCam-X landing sensor camera to the Moon in 2024 on Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One.
Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One will deliver NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the South Pole of the Moon in 2024.
On 2022-09-22 at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress in Paris, Astrobotic and Lunar Logistics Services were selected by the European Space Agency to fly the LandCam-X landing sensor camera to the Moon in 2024 on Astrobotic’s Griffin Mission One.
ESA selected Lunar Logistics Services and Astrobotic in early 2022 after a competitive tender to embark LandCam-X on Astrobotic’s mission planned for 2024.
NASA delayed the VIPER launch by one year on 2022-07-18 and added $67,500,000 to Astrobotic’s CLPS task order, increasing its value to $320,400,000.
Astrobotic was awarded a follow-on $6,200,000 contract by NASA in August to further advance its VSAT systems.
Astrobotic won a NASA contract in August 2022 to develop solar panels optimized for use at the lunar south pole.
Astrobotic unveiled its Peregrine lander at its Pittsburgh headquarters in April 2022 while the vehicle was still missing solar panels, fuel tanks and payloads.
Masten reached a stalking-horse agreement to sell substantially all its assets to Astrobotic for $4,200,000 that includes a $14,000,000 credit on a SpaceX launch contract.
Astrobotic plans to provide LunaGrid power service to NASA’s Artemis program, decadal-class science missions, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) missions, international space agency missions, and commercial businesses.
Astrobotic will hire back Masten’s workforce, expanding its staff to more than 200 employees between Mojave and Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh headquarters.
Astrobotic plans to begin deploying and demonstrating LunaGrid elements as early as 2026 with the goal of the first operational LunaGrid by 2028 at the lunar south pole.
Astrobotic announced LunaGrid, a commercial power service for the poles of the Moon, at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress in Paris on 2022-09-19.
NASA awarded Astrobotic a follow-on $6,200,000 contract in August to further advance Astrobotic's VSAT systems.
NASA awarded Astrobotic a follow-on $6,200,000 contract in August 2022 to further advance its VSAT systems.
Astrobotic finalized the acquisition of the assets of Masten Space Systems for $4,500,000 in a bankruptcy auction earlier in the month and confirmed the deal on 2022-09-13.
Astrobotic plans its first operational LunaGrid system for 2028 and expects initial elements could be deployed mid-decade.
Astrobotic unveiled plans on 2022-09-19 to develop a commercial power service for the moon called LunaGrid.
NASA awarded Astrobotic a $6,200,000 award on 2022-08-23 to develop and test prototypes of the VSAT solar array, one of three such awards the agency made for similar technologies.