Job

Rover Permittivity Sensor for Rashid-3 by TUM

Contracted by ESA from Technical University of Munich

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.

Who built it

BuilderTechnical University of MunichContracted by ESA

BuyerEuropean Space Agency (ESA)

Under

Rashid-3 lunar rover

Parent job

Sources

RPS: using a rover wheel in search of water on the Moon ESA, 14 October 2026
Rover Permittivity Sensor suite testing ESA, 14 October 2026
Lunar wheel sensors tested at ESTEC ESA, 14 October 2026
Rover Permittivity Sensor Technical University of Munich
ESA reports successful tests of Rashid-3 sensor electronics NeoTeo, 14 October 2026