Lunar Mission Options Study
UK Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) funded pre-Phase A study on options for a low cost UK-led lunar mission. The study investigated various mission options, their feasibilities and identified a number of suitable mission concepts, as well as producing a preliminary cost estimate. Mission concepts generated included orbiter/penetrator (MoonLITE) and soft lander (MoonRaker). Subsequent work has assembled a UK industry team in preparation for a full Phase A study to commence in 2008 and produced inputs for a joint UK-NASA working group exploring collaborative lunar missions.
Magnolia Lunar Navigation / Communication Demonstrator
SSTL has been awarded a multi-million dollar mission design and training contract with Mississippi State University under a NASA collaborative research agreement. The objective is to establish a low cost lunar mission concept to support the US Vision fo Space Exploration. The Magnolia mission will be developed to PDR level, tailored to suit the requirements of a Ka-band communications relay payload under development by NASA.
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