Product profile
Polaris
Polaris is Astrobotic’s large lunar rover for payload delivery and surface operations. Its four-wheel-drive skid-steer chassis, rocker suspension and auton...
Facts
- Company
- Astrobotic
- Product type
- space_robot
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- Carry and operate payloads across the lunar surface
- Website
- https://www.astrobotic.com/lunar-delivery/rovers/polaris-rover/
About Polaris
Polaris is a large lunar rover with a 90-kilogram payload capacity. Instruments, drills, excavators and robot arms can mount above or below the main deck, with the rover providing power, communications and protection for surface operations.
Four-wheel drive, skid steering and rocker suspension provide 55 centimetres of ground clearance and obstacle traversal up to 40 centimetres. Stereo vision, inertial sensors, wheel sensing and Sun sensors support autonomous and teleoperated navigation. Astrobotic offers lander integration, mission planning and lunar operations.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Lunar rover
Core: Polaris
Function: Payload transport
Audience: Space teams
Specifications
- ground_clearance_cm
- 55 cm ground clearance cm
- max_speed_mps
- 0.37 m/s top speed m/s
- obstacle_height_cm
- Can surmount obstacles up to 40 cm cm
- payload_capacity_kg
- 90 kg payload capacity kg
Operations
- Environment
- lunar_surface, space_environment
- Primary user
- Space agencies, universities and commercial payload teams
- Role
- Carry and operate payloads across the lunar surface
- Interaction model
- autonomous_and_remote_operator_control
- Mobility class
- wheeled_rover
- Product detail
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