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.

individual parts

health monitoring sensors on board

navigational cameras

hazard cameras

tilt motor

DC motors

omni-directionalantenna

individually poweredwheels

solar panels (30 watt power generation capacity)

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AROUND THE MOON: SOME FIRSTS

TEAM INDUS LUNAR ROVER

COMPARING TEMPERATURES

COMPARING VIEWS FROM THE MOON

COMPARING SIZES

COMPARING COMMUNICATIONS TIMES

COMPARING MASS COMPARING TIME IN FLIGHT

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.

First probe to go near the Moon (5995 km), went into heliocentric orbit

Luna 1, USSR

JAN 1959

First probe to impact the Moon

Luna 2, USSR

SEPT 1959

First automated landing on the Moon, first to transmit from the Moon's surface

Luna 9, USSR

JAN 1966

First humans on the Moon

Apollo 11 - NASA, USA

JUL 20, 1969

China's first lunar rover, Yutu, explores the Moon

Chang’e 3, China

DEC 14, 2013

First live-streaming “Moon-cast” from the first privately fundedmission to the Moon

TeamIndus in partnership with Tata Communications for the Google Lunar XPRIZE

DECEMBER 2016 – STAY TUNED!

Deep space

Lunar surface (minimum)

Water freezes

Boiling point of water

Lunar surface (maximum)150°

100°

0°C

-180°

-270°

TEAMINDUS LANDER AND ROVER

APOLLO LANDER AND LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE

Slowest flight time for a lunar mission

Scheduled TeamIndus mission to reach the Moon

Fastest flight time for a lunar mission

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.

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.

TEAMINDUS LUNAR ROVER INDIA, 2016

0.8 m x 0.6 m x 0.4 m

TEAMINDUS LANDERINDIA, 2016

2.8 m diameter x 1.8 height

24 MARCH 1965First detailed pictures of the Moon

24 DECEMBER 1968“Earthrise”: 70 mm colour film –a historic and hugely influentialfirst photo from the Moon

6 APRIL 2008The first HD Earthrise video was captured, both a full Earthrise and Earthset video, by the JAXA lunar orbiter mission, SELENE

DECEMBER 2016360° HD photographs and video of the Moon streamed back live to Earth by the TeamIndus Lunar Rover, in partnership with Tata Communications

Sources: NASA, nasa.gov24 Mar 1965 detailed Moon photo: ©JPL/NASA24 Dec 1968 Earthrise: © William Anders6 Apr 2008: © JAXA/NHK

Google Lunar XPRIZE: lunar.xprize.orgTeamIndus: teamindus.inTata Communications: tatacommunications.com | @tata_comms

300-400 MILLISECONDSAverage blink of an eye

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

225 MILLISECONDSFrom NASA's Goldstone Deep Space Network (United States) to Tata Communications' Bangalore Data Centre (India)

1.26 SECONDSFrom TeamIndus Lander in orbit around the Moon to communications station on Earth

BETWEEN 1.8 SECONDS AND 2.56 SECONDSFor radio signals to travel from the Moon to the Earth and back

36 HOURS

21 DAYS

13.5 MONTHS

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LUNOKHOD 1AUSSR, 1970

2.15 m x 1.60 m x 1.35 m

270+2

1

4rover-lander link1

steering motors2

30+

10

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).

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.

APOLLO LUNAR ROVING VEHICLEUSA, 1971

2.3 m x 3.1 m x 1.14 m

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? 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.

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