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Blue Ghost Mission 4
NET ~2029 · Blue Ghost · planned
South-pole CLPS with multiple rovers (MoonRanger, CSA path) and instruments.
CS-6 south-pole CLPS surface delivery (rovers + instruments).
$176,700,000 public package award.
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Blue Ghost avionics
Firefly built Blue Ghost's avionics and guidance in-house. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost carbon-composite legs + crush honeycomb
Four in-house carbon-composite landing legs with crush-core honeycomb for touchdown energy absorption on Blue Ghost M1. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost M4 CLPS delivery (CS-6)
Firefly's Blue Ghost Mission 4 is the CLPS delivery for NASA's CS-6 suite. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost power / solar
Firefly vertical-integration claim for Blue Ghost power and solar resources supporting payload ops through lunar day. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost RCS / thruster package
Firefly states RCS thrusters and many non-main-engine propulsion elements built in-house on Blue Ghost (main engine remains Nammo LEROS). · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost Spectre biprop RCS thrusters (in-house)
Eight in-house Spectre biprop RCS thrusters (~1,600 N total) for orientation and soft-landing assist. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comCanadian Space Agency rover (BG-M4 / CS-6)
CSA lunar rover on Blue Ghost Mission 4 south pole path (NASA-sponsored suite with Firefly dual-rover stack). · Canadian Space Agency · fireflyspace.comCedar Park spacecraft AIT (Blue Ghost)
Firefly Aerospace Cedar Park TX spacecraft facility for Blue Ghost design, build, cleanroom AIT, and mission ops. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comCS-6 NASA science package (BG-M4 award-level)
NASA CS-6 science package on Firefly Blue Ghost M4: dual rovers + LIMS + SCALPSS + LRA to lunar south pole (delivery TO separate). · NASA · nasa.govElytra Dark orbital vehicle (BG-M4 stack)
Firefly Elytra Dark transfers Blue Ghost M4 to lunar orbit and remains as long-haul comms relay. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comFirefly Ocula lunar imaging (Elytra constellation path)
Firefly Ocula lunar imaging service path using multi-Elytra Dark constellation after BG-M2/M3/M4 deployments. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comLEROS 4-ET main engine
LEROS 4-ET is Nammo UK's bipropellant main engine on Firefly Blue Ghost. · Nammo UK · nammo.comLIMS, Laser Ablation Ionization Mass Spectrometer (U. Bern)
University of Bern LIMS in-situ laser ablation ionization mass spectrometer on Blue Ghost M4 for regolith chemical/isotopic composition. · University of Bern · science.nasa.govLRA, Laser Retroreflector Array (BG-M4)
NASA GSFC LRA passive laser ranging fiducial on Blue Ghost M4 south pole suite (multi-CLPS product family). · NASA · science.nasa.govMoonRanger autonomous microrover (Astrobotic) on BG-M4
Astrobotic MoonRanger autonomous microrover with neutron spectrometer path for hydrogen/volatiles in PSRs on Blue Ghost Mission 4 / CS-6. · Astrobotic Technology · science.nasa.govSCALPSS heritage on BG-M4 (NASA LaRC)
NASA Langley SCALPSS plume-surface stereo camera suite on Blue Ghost M4. · NASA · science.nasa.govCargo
MoonRanger autonomous microrover
Autonomous microrover measurement for polar hydrogen mapping (neutron spectrometer path). · Astrobotic Technology · science.nasa.govCanadian Space Agency lunar rover
Canadian rover contribution on south-pole CLPS stack for mobility and science ops measurement. · Canadian Space Agency · science.nasa.govLaser Ablation Ionization Mass Spectrometer
In-situ laser ablation ionization mass spectrometry of lunar materials (composition / chemistry). · University of Bern · science.nasa.govStereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies
Demo for landing plume. Stereo imaging of engine plume interaction with regolith during descent/landing to improve models for multi-lander operations and landing pads. · NASA · science.nasa.govLaser Retroreflector Array
Demo for navigation. Passive laser ranging fiducial for precise orbit determination and future navigation/landing relative positioning. · NASA · science.nasa.govElytra Dark orbital vehicle (BG-M4 stack)
Demo for orbital transfer. Firefly Elytra Dark transfers Blue Ghost M4 to lunar orbit and remains as long-haul comms relay. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comRelated flights
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