ALINA-2: Innovations on PTS' commercial lunar lander

Marcel Scherrmann; Sören Heizmann; Martin Wagener; Vincent Still; Lukas Steindorf; Ellen Hill; Donald Bryson; Tobias Flecht; Roman Court; Chaitanya Gopal; Jesse Eyer

ALINA-2: Innovations on PTS' commercial lunar lander

Marcel Scherrmann, Sören Heizmann, Martin Wagener, Vincent Still, Lukas Steindorf, Ellen Hill, Donald Bryson, Tobias Flecht, Roman Court, Chaitanya Gopal, Jesse Eyer

Planetary Transportation Systems GmbH

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Abstract

Planetary Transportation Systems GmbH (PTS) is developing a second iteration of their lunar lander called Autonomous Landing and Navigation Module (ALINA)-2. With a wet mass of approximately 4 tonnes, ALINA-2 will be capable of transporting 300 kg of commercial payloads from Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) to the lunar surface. Several key enabling technologies are employed on ALINA-2. These include a 4 kN propulsion system which provides the necessary thrust for the Power Descent Maneuver (PDM) to the lunar surface and a total ?v of 3700 m/s for all maneuvers. The motors can be pulsed to vary the thrust level and improve the controllability of the lander. During the PDM, ALINA-2's Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) utilizes a combination of radar, laser altimeters, and crater navigation technology to facilitate a soft and accurate landing. Carbon fibre reinforced polymer is used strategically to lower the weight of ALINA-2's main structure and landing legs, while phase changing materials are employed on units with high heat loads. In addition to hosting a wide variety of commercial payloads, the lander can deploy two rovers equipped with Long Term Evolution (LTE) transceivers. ALINA-2 will use an LTE base station to communicate with the rovers, allowing them to stream High Definition (HD) video back to Earth.

Original language	English
Article number	IAC-19_A3_2A_4_x53168
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Volume	2019-October
State	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	70th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2019 - Washington, United States Duration: 21 Oct 2019 → 25 Oct 2019

Keywords

Design
Exploration
Lander
Moon
Space system

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