Bangalore: Team Indus, India's only entry for the $30-million Google Lunar XPrize, has partnered with American aerospace giant Lockheed Martin for its Moonshot moment.
The Bangalore aviation startup has roped in Lockheed Martin's Space Systems division to aid the lunar mission's trajectory, descent and landing. Lockheed Martin works on advanced space-based systems for government and global commercial customers.
Team Indus will compete with other teams to place a robot on the Moon's surface. The robot will explore at least 500 metres and transmit high-definition videos and images to Earth.
"We are a bunch of people who aspired for the Moon. Our moonshot is the Moon," says Sheelika Ravishankar, people lead at Team Indus. The 30-member team comprises scientists, engineers and space enthusiasts.
"We have partnered with L&T Engineering that will build the spacecraft based on our specifications. Tata Communications will help us with long-range communication for data centre and low latency connectivity between ground stations. Sasken Communication Technologies is assisting us in avionics and Lockheed Martin is working with us on the mission side for trajectory and landing," Ravishankar says.
09/08/14 Shilpa Phadnis/Times of India
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The Bangalore aviation startup has roped in Lockheed Martin's Space Systems division to aid the lunar mission's trajectory, descent and landing. Lockheed Martin works on advanced space-based systems for government and global commercial customers.
Team Indus will compete with other teams to place a robot on the Moon's surface. The robot will explore at least 500 metres and transmit high-definition videos and images to Earth.
"We are a bunch of people who aspired for the Moon. Our moonshot is the Moon," says Sheelika Ravishankar, people lead at Team Indus. The 30-member team comprises scientists, engineers and space enthusiasts.
"We have partnered with L&T Engineering that will build the spacecraft based on our specifications. Tata Communications will help us with long-range communication for data centre and low latency connectivity between ground stations. Sasken Communication Technologies is assisting us in avionics and Lockheed Martin is working with us on the mission side for trajectory and landing," Ravishankar says.
09/08/14 Shilpa Phadnis/Times of India
