{"id":256214,"date":"2021-05-21T20:12:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/europe-pitches-lunar-satellites-plan\/"},"modified":"2021-05-21T20:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T17:12:12","slug":"europe-pitches-lunar-satellites-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/europe-pitches-lunar-satellites-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"#Europe pitches lunar satellites plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Europe pitches lunar satellites plan<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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BERLIN \u2014 The European Space Agency presented a vision Thursday to put satellites in orbit around the moon that would facilitate future missions to Earth\u2019s closest neighbor.<\/p>\n

The plan, dubbed \u201cMoonlight,\u201d would see ESA offer communications and navigation services to any country that wants to carry out lunar exploration missions.<\/p>\n

By relying services provided from lunar orbit, space agencies would be able to design their moon landers without the need for cumbersome communications and navigation devices on board. This would free up space to carry other cargo, making each launch more cost-effective, said Paul Verhoef, ESA\u2019s director of navigation.<\/p>\n

The project builds on one of the agency\u2019s strengths: launching satellites to provide services to third parties. ESA has a fleet of observation satellites in orbit around Earth that supply weather, climate and other data to public and commercial companies.<\/p>\n

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A super blue blood moon rises behind the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece.<\/figcaption>
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It also has a constellation of navigation satellites, known as Galileo, that provide highly accurate global positioning data to rival the US-based GPS system.<\/p>\n

But it also highlights the European agency\u2019s weakness: unlike the United States, China or India, ESA lacks any ambitious moon exploration programs of its own. Instead, ESA is hoping to\u00a0partner with NASA to build a \u201clunar gateway\u201d<\/a>\u00a0that would be a staging post for future moon missions.<\/p>\n

The proposal outlined by ESA on Thursday will see two international consortiums devise ways for building a reliable and dedicated lunar communications and navigation service.<\/p>\n

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The first such satellite, called \u201cLunar Pathfinder,\u201d will be operational in 2024.<\/p>\n

David Parker, ESA\u2019s director of human and robotic exploration, said the agency\u2019s member states would be given a formal proposal for a constellation next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf app<\/a>roved, the project could start full steam ahead at the beginning of 2023 to ensure it\u2019s operational within four or five years,\u201d he said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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