Technology driven Robotic-Moon-Mission 2016

Abstract

Summary The paper proposes a concept mission to Moon including a space-tug-vehicle in Moon orbit, a transfer surveillance/relay satellite into low lunar orbit, a Moon lander equipped with a rover for miscellaneous challenges and an Earth return spacecraft transporting Moon samples. To guaranty a low mission cost, trajectories of low impulse has been selected in combination of technologies like combined chemical-electrical propulsion; broad Ka–band/ X–band/ S-band transponder communication system and advanced solar arrays. The present analysis includes first global mass budgets for the lunar-space-tug-vehicle and its component modules and energy budgets for subsystems like the electric power supply and propellants. Also, here are defined the propulsion properties for the different modules.