3.0Daedalus Payload System

3.0Daedalus Payload System

3.1Lunar Penetrator Exploration System

3.1.1The Daedalus LPES shall consist of 22 Penetrators.

3.1.2The Daedalus LPES shall be designed geometrically to launch 6 penetrators outside Shakleton Crator in the lighted region (Set #1).

3.1.3The Daedalus LPES shall be designed geometrically to launch 16 penetrators inside Shakleton Crator (Set #2).

3.1.4The Daedalus LPES shall weigh 14kg.

3.1.5The Daedalus LPES shall withstand no greater than 10,000G-Force loading.

3.1.6The Daedalus LPES shall bury 1-2m into the Lunar regolith.

3.1.7The Daedalus LPES shall survive at least one year.

3.1.8The Daedalus LPES shall have a diameter of 14cm and a length of 75cm.

3.1.9The Daedalus LPES shall be spring loaded and released at an altitude of 5km above the Moon’s surface.

3.1.10The Daedalus LPES shall launch 19.65 degrees from the y-axis.

3.1.11The Daedalus LPES shall land a minimum of 500m apart from each other.

3.1.12The Daedalus LPES shall center is position between 1091.67m and 1637.5m.

3.1.13The Daedalus LPES shall require all penetrators to use the same springs with the same spring constants.

3.1.14The Daedalus LPES shall require springs to create an initial velocity of 315m/s.

3.1.15The Daedalus LPES shall have Penetrator Set #1 impact at a velocity of 340.37m/s.

3.1.16The Daedalus LPES shall have Penetrator Set #1 burrow to a depth of 1.402m.

3.1.17The Daedalus LPES shall have Penetrator Set #2 impact at a velocity of 368.17m/s.

3.1.18The Daedalus LPES shall have Penetrator Set #2 burrow to a depth of 1.53m.

3.1.19The Daedalus LPES shall include micro-seismometers, a geochemistry package, a water/volatiles detector, a heat flow experiment, and accelerometers and tilt sensors.

3.1.20The Daedalus LPES shall use Li-SOCL2 (super lithium) batteries.

3.1.21The Daedalus LPES shall use a 400 MHz UHF hybrid telemetry system.

3.1.22The Daedalus LPES shall communicate with the LRO 1 hour per day at 2kbps.

3.1.23The Daedalus LPES shall be constructed out of Carbon fiber reinforced plastic, with an Ogive nose.

3.1.24The Daedalus LPES shall have shock protection provided by high rigid epoxy-resin and glass micro-spheres.

3.2Daedalus Lander Payload

3.2.1The Daedalus shall carry a minimal volatile composition and geotechnical properties package with a mass of 3 kg.

3.2.2The Daedalus shall carry an enhanced volatile species and elemental composition with a mass of 5 kg.

3.2.3The Daedalus shall an enhanced geologic characterization with a mass of 5 kg.

3.2.4The Daedalus shall the single site science system for Daedalus will use witness plates, solar cell efficiency, and a camera system to successfully determine: lighting conditions every 2 hours; micrometeorite flux; and observe electrostatic dust levitation and how it correlates with lighting conditions.

3.2.5The Daedalus shallSingle Site Science Box will run the entire year.

3.2.6The Daedalus SSSB shall require 173.5W to run.

3.2.7The Daedalus SSSB shall have a mass of 62.3kg