Sunday 2 March, starting at 8:00, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Astrospace invite to Follow the event dedicated to the Alununaggio of the Italian Payload Lugre (Lunar Gnss Receiver Experiment) in live streaming in live streaming. A historical moment for Italian spatial exploration, which marks a crucial step towards the return of man to the moon within the Artemis program.
Lugre is an experiment aimed at For the first time the use of terrestrial satellite navigation systems (GNSS) on the Moon. Developed by Qascom on behalf of the ASI, with the collaboration of NASA and the scientific support of the Polytechnic of Turin, Luglie is positioned Sul lander commerciale Blue Ghost diQascompart of the CLPS program (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) Della NASA.
Blue Ghost’s wing is scheduled for 9:30 am on March 2, in the seaside of crises. The descent will be a controlled free fall, led by Retrazzi. The landing is planned at dawn, to guarantee the Lander 16 days of sun exposure. About 3 hours after landing, Lugre will be reactivated and its antenna will be oriented towards the earth to capture the GPS and Galileo signals.
Lugre is an experimental mission that aims to test satellite navigation in deep space, fundamental for future lunar missions and spatial exploration. The experiment will contribute to a vast scientific database available after 6 months.
The live streaming of the event will allow you to follow the delicate phases of the descent and the subsequent operations, with exclusive connections with the teams of Lugre from the Goddard Space Flight Center of NASA, from Qascom to Bassano del Grappa and from the Polytechnic of Turin.
The arrival of Lugre on the Moon represents a crucial goal for the integration of satellite navigation systems in the lunar missions, opening the road to increasingly autonomous, efficient and precise spatial explorations.