OHB / IAI lunar lander

[PM3]

OHB and IAI Team in Proposing Lunar Surface Access Service to the European Space Agency
https://www.ohb.de/en/news/2019/ohb-and-iai-team-in-proposing-lunar-surface-access-service-to-the-european-space-agency/

OHB and IAI plan commercial lunar lander mission in late 2022

"The first LSAS lander is scheduled for launch in late 2022, flying, like Beresheet, as a rideshare payload on a commercial geostationary satellite launch. Richter said OHB is still identifying customers, citing as one possibility the European Space Agency."

"the LSAS lander will accommodate 20 to 25 kilograms of payload and operate for eight days. Future versions of the lander could increase that payload capacity to as much as 80 kilograms."

[Yiosie]

First flight delayed to 2025:

To the Moon and back: Mit LSAS bietet OHB ab 2025 einen kommerziellen Mond-Shuttle an [With LSAS, OHB will be offering a commercial Moon-Shuttle starting from 2025]

Google translate:

Oberpfaffenhofen, September 9th, 2021. The realization of the lunar landing system LSAS (Lunar Surface Access Service), which the space company OHB SE will implement together with the Israeli space company IAI, is making great strides: today, representatives of space agencies met at the LSAS Consultation Meeting, scientific institutions and from industry to discuss the future use of the lunar shuttle and the development of a lunar economic area. The moon transfer should bring payloads with a total mass of 80 to 110 kilograms to the earth's satellite as early as 2025. Over 100 customers have already expressed their interest in the moon shuttle.

"With LSAS, OHB is starting the first European mission that will land on the moon, creating a very timely flight opportunity for scientific and commercial payloads to the moon," says Dr. Timo Stuffler, Head of Business Development at OHB. With the moon transfer, OHB is also aiming to participate in future payload tenders from the European Space Agency (ESA). “We will offer a high frequency of flights. Our customers should benefit from the best service and a tailor-made pricing and mission structure, ”said Dr. Timo Stuffler.

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Dr. Timo Stuffler: "This will create the first European shuttle service to the moon that closes a gap: because a possible institutional European lander will only be available after 2030."