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Trailblazer

The first commercial lunar mission

Artist's concept of TrailBlazer over the Moon

TrailBlazer_TM is the first commercial lunar mission. It is designed to be an inexpensive precursor probe for a variety of commercial lunar missions, both those accomplished by TransOrbital, and those of other companies and space agencies. It is essentially a flying camera platform, carrying high-resolution video cameras, with the goal of returning scientific and artistic video throughout the mission. Video to be gathered includes:

The launch vehicle as the spacecraft is separated,
The Earth and Moon during the launch and cruise phases,
The Earth rising over the limb of the moon ("Earthrise")
High-resolution imagery of the lunar surface, particularly of American (Apollo) and Russian (Lunakhod) landing sites, the far side, and the poles.

Electra I

The first commercial lunar lander

Artist Concept of Electra Lander with camera extended

TransOrbital's proposed Electra mission will be the first commercial lunar surface lander.
The Electra micro-lander is a self-contained spacecraft, based on micro-satellite technology, capable of delivering up to 10 kg of payload to the lunar surface from an Earth-Moon trajectory. The microlander may be launched on a variety of launch vehicles including the Ariane IV and V and the Russian Dnepr.
The spacecraft provides power and command/data communications services for the payload as well as deployment to the lunar surface if required. Currently, the spacecraft is capable of operation only during the local lunar day, dropping into a sleep mode during the lunar night. Minimal electrical power and thermal control for the payload is available during this time. Future upgrades will include sufficient on-board power storage to operate the payload continuously.
Click here to view a movie showing one artist's conception of the Electra mission: AVI video.

Electra II

A lander with rovers

TransOrbital's proposed Electra II mission will utilize the Electra I lander construction and include small lunar robotic rovers. This project is still in the planning stages, further details to be announced.

Click here to view a movie showing one artist's conception of the Electra 2 mission: Real video.

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