{"id":4437819,"date":"2020-12-23T17:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T16:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/lunart-luna-amateur-radio-transponder\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T17:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T16:47:26","slug":"lunart-luna-amateur-radio-transponder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/projects\/lunart-luna-amateur-radio-transponder\/","title":{"rendered":"LunART (Luna Amateur Radio Transponder)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch larger probes, called European Large Logistic Lander (EL3), on the lunar surface every 3 years starting in 2027. She had recently invited to define interesting experiments and payloads.<\/p>\n<p>AMSAT-DL has submitted a proposal to this effect under the name LunART (Luna Amateur Radio Transponder). This is a communication platform which includes a coherent S\/X-band linear transponder. This would make contacts similar to those currently possible via QO-100 even worldwide. A VHF\/UHF transponder is also announced. A prototype of the coherent linear transponder has already been tested within the framework of the P3-E and P5-A projects of AMSAT-DL.<\/p>\n<p>LunART also supports universities and students by providing access to their experiments. Finally, various beacons from the VHF range to 47 GHz are planned, which will serve radio amateurs as a reference for optimizing their EME systems and will allow interesting experiments, for example, regarding the orbit of the moon.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, LunART in conjunction with the 20m mirror of the AMSAT-DL at the Bochum Observatory can provide backup communications in the event of an emergency or when the ESA network is at capacity. This concept has already been considered for the DLR\/AMSAT P5-A mission to the Moon and Mars and has therefore also been referenced in this proposal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Moon-Lander-AMSAT-DLR-Groundsegment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4437820 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Moon-Lander-AMSAT-DLR-Groundsegment.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Moon-Lander-AMSAT-DLR-Groundsegment.jpg 920w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Moon-Lander-AMSAT-DLR-Groundsegment-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Moon-Lander-AMSAT-DLR-Groundsegment-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Moon-Lander-AMSAT-DLR-Groundsegment-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The selection of the experiments that will eventually fly on the EL3 is still at a very early stage. Idea submissions closed on July 3, 2020, and a preliminary review has already been conducted. By early September, all proposals submitted will be evaluated by a panel to move to Stage 2 based on the recommendations of the evaluation panel. We hope to be there and will report on the progress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The documents can be viewed online at ESA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"hype-ce--object-title hype--heading-bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.esa.int\/servlet\/hype\/IMT?userAction=Browse&amp;templateName=&amp;documentId=81f70b2b01f6993c1b76fb6b572ee6c5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LunART- Luna Amateur Radio Transponder: A Communications Platform on the Large European Lander to support communication and payload experiments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peter DB2OS and Matthias DD1US (2020-07-03)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image credits: ESA and DLR<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch larger probes, called European Large Logistic Lander (EL3), on the lunar surface&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4437822,"parent":4440908,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4437819","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4437819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4437819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4437819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4437824,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4437819\/revisions\/4437824"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4440908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4437822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4437819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}