Cargo

MoonLIGHT Pointing Actuator (MPAc)

MoonLIGHT · Science · ESA

MoonLIGHT, the Moon Laser Instrumentation for General relativity High accuracy Test, is ESA's next-generation laser retroreflector, delivered on IM-3 with its MoonLIGHT Pointing Actuator.

NASA's CP-11 page says it measures the size, shape and liquid core of the Moon and serves as a target for Earth-Moon distance measurement at Reiner Gamma.

Mission brief

It is on IM-3 Trinity.

Flight

IM-3 TrinityNET Q1 2027 · planned · Nova-C Trinity · Intuitive Machines · CP-11

Builders

MakerEuropean Space Agency (ESA)PROSPECT lunar resource package · IM-4 / CP-22 path

MakerNASACLPS package owner · lunar science & tech deliveries

LanderIntuitive MachinesNova-C Trinity host · CP-11 package

Jobs

MoonLIGHT laser retroreflector (ESA)

MoonLIGHT is ESA's next laser retroreflector. · European Space Agency (ESA)

ESA Moonlight LCNS constellation (planned)

ESA Moonlight Lunar Communications and Navigation Services constellation is future enable for commercial lander PNT/comms. · European Space Agency (ESA)

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Altus-1 lunar data-relay satellite

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Sources

This is the public record.

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