Euroluna: Progress and current
status, April 2010
Palle Haastrup
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Google Lunar XPrize
History
Organisation
Journey
Design
Time schedule
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Google Lunar X prize
Soft-land a private space craft on
the moon, drive 500 m, send back
video and win:
• 20 million $ 1st prize
• 5 million $ 2nd prize
• 5 x 1 million $ bonus prizes
NASA is considering to increase the prizes
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Mission of Euroluna
1. Participate in the GLXP challenge
2. Put a remote operated vehicle on the
Moon from a Low Earth - or Geo
Transfer-Orbit
3. WIN the first prize
4. Afterwards…
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History
Sep. 2007 Founding the association Euroluna
European Lunar Exploration Association
(Denmark)
Nov. 2008 Registration for Google Lunar Xprize
Mar. 2009
April 2009
May 2009
Feb. 2010
Apr. 2010
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(USA)
Euroluna (DK) opens it office premises
(Denmark)
First full time staff
First hardware order
First launch agreement signed
OBC, Cameras, Radio delivered
Organisation for GLXP
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Team name:
President:
Craft Name:
Main web site:
Euroluna email:
News at
Blog
YouTube:
Facebook:
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Euroluna
Palle Haastrup
ROMIT
www.euroluna.org
info@euroluna.dk
www.twitter.com/euroluna
on GLXP site
Euroluna
Group Euroluna
Team:
Management Team of Scientists
Drive
Small Overhead
Specialists in IT, Materials, and Physics
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Partners
• GomSpace, Denmark
– Hardware and software for cubesat
• NanoMind, NanoCam, NanoCom
• Solar panels, attitude control, …..
• Austrian Institute of Technology
– Ion motor
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Status April 2010
• Mini Romit I
– Computer OK
– Cameras OK
– Radio OK
– Solar cells
– Power supply
– Ion motor
– High voltage power supply (10 KV)
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Mini Romit 1
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Mini Romit I
• Launch: December 2010, from Tonga
• Provider: Inter Orbital Systems
Launch agreement signed,
……half the price paid!
CONTRIBUTIONS VERY WELCOME
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Romit cube sat
• Purpose:
– Show the world and ourselves that we can do it!
– Launch at low budget
– Test under real space conditions the command and
control and camera module
– Test the propulsion module
• Make a world record:
– 1st time a someone moves a cube sat (more than a few
m/s).
– 1st time a private organization aims for the moon
– 1st time it is done on a shoe-string budget.
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Computer module
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OnBoard Computer (OBC)
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Communication module
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How to get out of rocket ?
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Tonga and power! 
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Ion motor power supply
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Thrust level from ion motor
• How much thrust is needed ?
• 30 micro newton: we fall down 
• 31 micro newton: we move away from
earth
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Altitude loss with 30mN
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Altitude gain with 31mN
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From Earth orbit to the Moon
• How to get from miniRomit to the Moon ?
• “Do it again…”
• Increase rocket fuel on board
• Incorporate landing module
• Incorporate wheels..
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Winning the price…
Future ideas (speculations!!):
• Landing assist module (L)
• 2 x ½ Rover module (rover module A and B)
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ROMIT Subsystems
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PROPULSION
POWER
ATTITUDE CONTROL
ON-BOARD CPU
WHEELS AND MOTORS
GPS
CAMERAS
COMMUNICATION
STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS
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ROMIT: Onboard telemetry
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ROMIT: Electrical system
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ROMIT Power consumption
System
Consumption/Production in Watt
Motors
10 W for normal operation, 5
w/motor for exceptions
Camera
3W
Motor for turning camera
1W
Computer
1.5 W
Radio Transmitter
3W
Production with 3 layer solar cells,
max
17 W
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Don’t fall asleep. Do donations!
• Support very welcome!!!
• Thank you for your attention
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