LUNAR ICECUBE - NASA Satellite

Lunar Ice Cube is a CubeSat mission to study the distribution of water and organic volatiles on the Moon from lunar orbit. The spacecraft is scheduled to be a ride-on mission on the Artemis 1 launch, currently planned for 2022. The primary scientific objectives of the mission are to: enable broadband spectral determination of composition and distribution of volatiles in regolith on the Moon and analogous bodies as a function of time of day, latitude, regolith age, and composition; provide geological context by way of spectral determination of major minerals, and enable understanding of current dynamics of volatile sources, sinks, and processes, with implications for evolutionary origin of volatiles.

LUNAR ICECUBE Mission Information

Mission Details

NameLUNAR ICECUBE
Launch DateNovember 16, 2022
TypeSatellite
Launch VehicleSLS Block 1 Crew
Launch SiteCape Canaveral, United States

Satellite Details

Mass14 Kg

Space Organization Details

CountryUnited States
ContinentNorth America
OrganizationNASA

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