WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET TO THE MOON?
Here's a look at the next generation of space exploration and aviation technology, as
envisioned by TeamIndus. Tata Communications is proud to partner with TeamIndus
on their mission to the Moon, as part of the Google Lunar XPRIZE.
navigational
cameras
2solar panels (30 watt
individual parts
JAN 1959
First probe to go near the
Moon (5995 km), went into
heliocentric orbit
Luna 1, USSR
TEAM INDUS LUNAR ROVER
270+
AROUND THE MOON:
SOME FIRSTS
SEPT 1959
First probe to impact the Moon
Luna 2, USSR
1omni-directional
power generation
capacity)
JAN 1966
antenna
tilt motor
First automated landing on the
Moon, first to transmit from the
Moon's surface
Luna 9, USSR
hazard cameras
2
steering motors
30+
JUL 20, 1969
First humans on the Moon
Apollo 11 - NASA, USA
health monitoring
sensors on board
DEC 14, 2013
1rover-lander link
10
DC motors
4
individually powered
China's first lunar rover, Yutu,
explores the Moon
Chang’e 3, China
wheels
DECEMBER 2016 – STAY TUNED!
First live-streaming “Moon-cast”
from the first privately funded
mission to the Moon
DID YOU KNOW?
All data collected from the lunar rover via the Tracking stations will be routed to Tata
Communications' Bangalore Data Centre which hosts the compute and analytics resources
of TeamIndus; the command centre of TeamIndus then uses this data to send commands
back to the lunar craft via dedicated connectivity to the Tracking stations.
COMPARING TEMPERATURES
150°
100°
0°C
TeamIndus in partnership with
Tata Communications for the
Google Lunar XPRIZE
COMPARING TIME IN FLIGHT
COMPARING MASS
Lunar surface (maximum)
TEAMINDUS LANDER AND ROVER
Boiling point of water
The TeamIndus Lander will have a mass of 600 kg
at launch, and 210 kg mass at touchdown, and it
will deliver a 20 kg payload (the rover).
36 HOURS
Fastest flight time
for a lunar mission
21 DAYS
Water freezes
Scheduled TeamIndus
mission to reach the
Moon
APOLLO LANDER AND LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE
The Apollo Lander had a mass of 45,702 kg at
launch, and its Lunar Roving Vehicle had a mass
of 210 kg by itself; the two men added 160 kg -for a total mass of 370 kg.
-180°
-270°
Lunar surface (minimum)
13.5 MONTHS
Slowest flight time
for a lunar mission
Deep space
COMPARING SIZES
DID YOU KNOW?
TEAMINDUS LANDER
TeamIndus is using Tata Communications’ high performance compute
capability for various computationally intensive analysis and planning.
These highly configurable nodes allow the mission designers to try
out various scenarios and conduct detailed engineering simulations
both for Missions and Systems.
INDIA, 2016
2.8 m diameter x 1.8
height
APOLLO LUNAR ROVING
VEHICLE
USA, 1971
LUNOKHOD 1A
2.3 m x 3.1 m x 1.14 m
USSR, 1970
2.15 m x 1.60 m x 1.35 m
TEAMINDUS LUNAR ROVER
INDIA, 2016
0.8 m x 0.6 m x 0.4 m
COMPARING VIEWS FROM THE MOON
COMPARING COMMUNICATIONS TIMES
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24 MARCH 1965
0.0016 MILLISECONDS
For data to transfer between the TeamIndus Lander in orbit around
the Moon and the TeamIndus Rover on the Moon's surface
First detailed pictures of the Moon
225 MILLISECONDS
24 DECEMBER 1968
“Earthrise”: 70 mm colour film –
a historic and hugely influential
first photo from the Moon
From NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Network (United States) to
Tata Communications' Bangalore Data Centre (India)
300-400 MILLISECONDS
Average blink of an eye
6 APRIL 2008
The first HD Earthrise video
was captured, both a full
Earthrise and Earthset
video, by the JAXA lunar
orbiter mission, SELENE
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DECEMBER 2016
360° HD photographs
and video of the Moon
streamed back live to
Earth by the TeamIndus
Lunar Rover, in
partnership with Tata
Communications
1.26 SECONDS
From TeamIndus Lander in orbit around the Moon
to communications station on Earth
BETWEEN 1.8 SECONDS AND 2.56 SECONDS
For radio signals to travel from the Moon to the Earth and back
DID YOU KNOW?
TeamIndus will use Tata Communications' low-latency network to
connect data centres in India with a Deep Space Network in the
United States, to ensure visibility of the spacecraft at all times both
during flight and for lunar surface operations.
Sources: NASA, nasa.gov
DID YOU KNOW?
On the lunar surface, TeamIndus will capture 360° HD photographs
and video that will then be transmitted using Tata Communications’
content delivery network (CDN) to global media outlets for further
distribution over the Internet and on television.
24 Mar 1965 detailed Moon photo: ©JPL/NASA
24 Dec 1968 Earthrise: © William Anders
6 Apr 2008: © JAXA/NHK
Google Lunar XPRIZE: lunar.xprize.org
TeamIndus: teamindus.in
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