15/01/2025
Lugre successfuly launched on board Blueghost Mission 1!! 🚀🌕
The Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) will demonstrate GNSS-based spacecraft navigation in transit to the Moon and on the lunar surface. This will open the door to operational use of existing Earth-based GNSS signals for real-time onboard positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) around the Moon, increasing mission capability while reducing reliance on ground networks for PNT.
The LuGRE payload is a collaboration between NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The payload will achieve three primary objectives: a) to receive GNSS signals at the Moon and characterize the signal environment, b) to demonstrate navigation and time estimation using GNSS data collected at the Moon, and c) utilize the collected data to support development of GNSS receivers specific to lunar use. Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
