Italian success on the moon, GNSS signals captured by the seaside of crises

Lugre is a joint project of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and NASA, developed in Italy by the Qascom company with the scientific support of the Polytechnic of Turin. The success of the mission testifies to the excellence of the Italian space sector and the profitable international collaboration.

The innovative GNSS receiver has achieved significant goals in its operation, marking a series of primates in space navigation. Designed to work not only in lunar orbit but also on the surface of the moon, Lugre has become the first device of this type to extend its operations beyond the low terrestrial orbit.

This tool has the merit of being the first Italian active tool on our natural satellite, carrying out the country’s pride and technological innovation in the space field. Scored A turning point by acquiring GPS and Galileo signals well beyond the usual boundaries, extending the reception up to 200,000 kilometers from the earth and even beyond the terrestrial orbit.

In addition, Lugre has demonstrated the combined use of GPS and Galileo signals in the lunar space for the first time, expanding the possibilities for future space missions in terms of navigation and tracking. Finally, he established an impressive record acquiring the farthest signal never received by a GNSS device, about 410,000 kilometers from the earth.

After activation, Luglie got the first GPS and Galileo signals, successfully calculating the first position (PVT) on the lunar surface. In the next 14 days, Lugre will continue to operate, collecting fundamental data for the future of space navigation. The data collected will be analyzed and used to develop future lunar and cis-lunari navigation systems