Daedalus-CAM Project Plan

Abstract

Through its Open Space Innovation Platform, in August 2019 ESA opened a campaign for novel ideas to address detecting, mapping and exploring lunar caves and lava tubes. Amongst these ideas, ESA selected the project “Daedalus” to participate in its Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) to study the feasibility and planning the mission. The Mission is planned to last one full lunar day (12+2 contingency), with the possibility to extend the mission time within the cave and to rely on communication with Earth in the following lunar day. The CDF Internal Final Report on Daedalus is now available on request. The Daedalus robot hosts two payloads, one lidar (responsibility University of Würzburg) and one stereoscopic panoramic camera (Daedalus-CAM, responsibility INAF). The present document has been issued to describe the Project Plan of the Daedalus–CAM imaging payload.