Job
Rashid-3 lunar rover
Built in-house by Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
Rashid-3 is the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) lunar rover planned to launch to the Moon's south polar region no earlier than 2029, carrying ESA's Rover Permittivity Sensor suite.
Who built it
In this suite
Rover Permittivity Sensor for Rashid-3 by TUM
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) builds ESA's Rover Permittivity Sensor suite (RPS), a water ice sensor in one wheel of the Rashid-3 rover of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), and its first electronics unit passed tests at TUM and ESA's ESTEC centre before shipment to MBRSC later in 2026. · Technical University of MunichSources
- RPS: using a rover wheel in search of water on the Moon ESA, 14 October 2026
- ESA reports successful tests of Rashid-3 sensor electronics NeoTeo, 14 October 2026