Publication detail
Preliminary Design of LUCID: The Lunar Unidentified Celestial Identification & Detection Satellite
ACEDO, S. ADLOFF, L. ALIAGA, S. BACLET, D. BAPTISTA, R. BETCO, D. BISCHOF, R. CELARDO, E. CRATERE, A. DYLEWICZ, K. ERIŞ, C. ALOY, S. FINDLAY, R. GRABOWSKI, D. HOFFMANN, J. JANISCH, K. KLEIN, S. KRISTIANSEN, W. KYMANTAS, E. LA FAZIA, F. LUIS, U. LYSTER, D. MAŠEK, J. MASTROPIETRO, A. MICELI, A. MICHAHELLES, M. PARAK, N. PYTLAK, D. RAMTEKE, T. REBOLO, N. REMIĆ, K. ROMETSCH, F. SADAKA, N. SAKELLARI, C. WISCHERT, D. YADAV, S.
English title
Preliminary Design of LUCID: The Lunar Unidentified Celestial Identification & Detection Satellite
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Original abstract
This work outlines the Phase 0 design of the Lunar Unidentified Celestial Identification & Detection (LUCID) mission, a sub 200 kg micro-spacecraft developed to observe and track objects larger than 3 metres in diameter at the average distance of the lunar orbit. The mission, planned for launch on a Vega-C rocket into a Sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km, aims to enhance space situational awareness in the cislunar region. The spacecraft’s optical payload will survey a defined area at least once daily, contributing to the tracking of space debris as space exploration and cislunar activities expand. The LUCID mission concept was developed by 40 students over one week during the 2023 European Space Agency (ESA) Academy Concurrent Engineering Workshop (CEW), using the COMET tool to achieve a concurrent design of both the space and ground segments. This paper details the preliminary design outcomes and subsystem analyses of the LUCID mission.
English abstract
This work outlines the Phase 0 design of the Lunar Unidentified Celestial Identification & Detection (LUCID) mission, a sub 200 kg micro-spacecraft developed to observe and track objects larger than 3 metres in diameter at the average distance of the lunar orbit. The mission, planned for launch on a Vega-C rocket into a Sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km, aims to enhance space situational awareness in the cislunar region. The spacecraft’s optical payload will survey a defined area at least once daily, contributing to the tracking of space debris as space exploration and cislunar activities expand. The LUCID mission concept was developed by 40 students over one week during the 2023 European Space Agency (ESA) Academy Concurrent Engineering Workshop (CEW), using the COMET tool to achieve a concurrent design of both the space and ground segments. This paper details the preliminary design outcomes and subsystem analyses of the LUCID mission.
Keywords in English
Lunar Orbit, Space Debris Tracking, Space Situational Awareness, Concurrent Engineering, Micro-spacecraft Design, Optical Detection Systems
Released
18.10.2024
Publisher
International Astronautical Federation, IAF
Location
Milan, Italy
ISSN
0074-1795
Book
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Volume
2024
Pages from–to
1188–1204
Pages count
17
BIBTEX
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author="Sergio López {Acedo} and Lucas Cardoso Pinto {Adloff} and Sergi {Aliaga} and Damien {Baclet} and Raquel {Baptista} and Daniel {Betco} and Reto {Bischof} and Emanuele {Celardo} and Angela {Cratere} and Kamil {Dylewicz} and Caner {Eriş} and Sílvia Farràs {Aloy} and Ross {Findlay} and Damian {Grabowski} and Jennifer {Hoffmann} and Katharina-Inés {Janisch} and Sinan Felix {Klein} and Wilhelm {Kristiansen} and Erikas {Kymantas} and Fabiola Luna {La Fazia} and Uxía García {Luis} and Duncan {Lyster} and Jakub {Mašek} and Alessandro {Mastropietro} and Alessandro {Miceli} and Margherita {Michahelles} and Nick {Parak} and Dominika {Pytlak} and Thorvi {Ramteke} and Nuno {Rebolo} and Kristina {Remić} and Flavie Aditya {Rometsch} and Noah Isaac {Sadaka} and Christina {Sakellari} and Daniel {Wischert} and Sachin {Yadav},
title="Preliminary Design of LUCID: The Lunar Unidentified Celestial Identification & Detection Satellite",
booktitle="Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC",
year="2024",
volume="2024",
month="October",
pages="1188--1204",
publisher="International Astronautical Federation, IAF",
address="Milan, Italy",
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