Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“We are supporting PTScientists in defining their mission operations concepts. All of the elements of which are important.... To be successful, their team needs to prepare for the end-to-end operations of the lander from launch to landing on the Moon and handle all aspects of near-real time surface operations, as well as fitting that into a bigger mission control environment... Right now, we are in the early stages, mapping out what their needs will be. As it becomes clear what will be needed to achieve mission success, we aim to support them with a suite of tools to achieve that.”

Source: ESA project lead Kim Nergaard, from ESOC’s Solar System and Exploration Missions Division, discussing how European Space Agency operations specialists are helping flight planners at new European space startup PTScientists, headquartered in Berlin, pilot their way to the Moon. PTScientists are planning to launch lunar landers and rovers as a regular service in the future, with an inaugural flight expected in 2020.

FMI: www.esa.int