Barcelona Moon Team: Chang’e3 comparative analysis
Last weeks we have seen how Chang’e-3 landed on the Moon surface and released the Yutu rover. Barcelona Moon Team mission will be similar in many aspects, but not in all of them. Here there are some differences between both missions. First: the launcher vehicle. Chang’e 3 was launched on 1 December 2013 atop a […]
Barcelona Moon Team: The New (American) CATALYST
Its good news for the Moon commercial ventures. “NASA has released an announcement seeking proposals to partner in the development of commercial robotic lunar lander capabilities. Such capabilities could support commercial activities on the moon while enabling new science and exploration missions of interest to the larger scientific and academic communities. NASA’s new Lunar Cargo […]
Barcelona Moon Team: a new year is landing
Dear friends and followers, Barcelona Moon Team is completing its fourth year in the GLXP competition. In this competition every year is important but this one is exceptional. During this year we have been completing the mission design and hardware has been built both in the lander and rover systems. Rover is already roaming in […]
Barcelona Moon Team unveils new lander and rover modules
The Spanish team has selected European Robotics Week to present the robot they will send to the moon in pursuit of winning the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE. MADRID (​​November28, 2013)–Barcelona Moon Team, the Spanish team registered in the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE, presented today its lander and rover modules during the European Robotics […]
Barcelona Moon Team attends the IAC2013 in Beijing
Barcelona Moon Team attended the International Astronautical Congress in Beijing during the last days of September. A complete delegation of the team including Xavier Claramunt, Marc Zaballa and Rafael Harillo from Galactic Suite, and Mariella Graziano, Pablo Colmenarejo, and Jesus Gil Fernández from GMV, travelled to Beijing to attend the congress. The team updated the […]
Barcelona Moon Team shifts launch date for the lunar mission to June 2015 – Press Release
Barcelona Moon Team reviewed its technical milestones calendar to include the integration of the propulsion system in China. The Barcelona-based company, Galactic Suite, leading the industrial conglomerate, Barcelona Moon Team, announced June 2015 as the new date to launch the Spanish robot to the Moon in itsattemptto win the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE. The […]
Barcelona Moon Team launch shifts to June 2015
Barcelona Moon Team announces a new date for its launch attempt. It will be during June 2015 according to the new estimations of the team. The Launch Service Contract with China Great Wall Industries Corporation was signed in August 2012. According to it CGWIC will provide the services of a Long March 2C launcher with […]
Barcelona Moon Team prizes children program in Catalan Broadcasting Company
Barcelona Moon Team prizes a TV channel for children in the Catalan Broadcasting Company. The channel is called Club Super3 and it is the most successful children channel not just in the Catalan, but the whole Spanish broadcasting companies. Their fan club gathers more than 1,1 million fans that regularly follow their programs and get […]
Barcelona Moon Team travels to Beijing to discuss details of the propulsion system
Barcelona Moon Team travelled last week to the HQ of China Great Wall Industry Corporation in Beijing. The main target of these series of meetings was to close details about the propulsion system that will be integrated in the BMT lander flight model early next year. The LM has a single pulsed/variable high thrust main […]
Barcelona Moon Team attends the GLXP Team Summit – Part Three
Just after the Team Summit, BMT representative, Marc Zaballa, visited the Sweedish Control Center SCC in Santiago of Chile, where Fernando and Christian presented the center and its capabilities. BMT will use their facilities for tracking and communications just after the launch of the LM2C-CTS2 from Xichang (China). China is operating two antennas from SCC […]
Barcelona Moon Team attends the GLXP Team Summit – Part Two
On the second day of the Team Summit, held in Santiago de Chile, the teams were updating on their status and activities. All teams except three attended the Summit. The technical approach of each team is very diverse. While some of the teams are “just†developing a small rover to be boarded to another team’s […]
Barcelona Moon Team attends the GLXP Team Summit – Part One
Some weeks ago, Barcelona Moon Team attended the GLXP Team Summit that was held in Santiago of Chile, this year. During three days the teams discussed many aspects of the mission with the X PRIZE Foundation and Google. They also presented their status and had fun! This is the video of the summit about the […]
