Aerospace Applications

Keopsys is part of the Lunar-Resurs project leads by ESA and the Russian Space Agency.

The future mission’s goal is to prospect for usable minerals, volatile substances and iced water on the Moon, in permanently shadowed areas. These samples will be used to estimate the potential of the natural resources in the long-term perspective of a habitable base on the Moon.

The laser unit from Keopsys will be on the board of Luna 27 module. When the module will be ready for landing, the Keopsys laser will help automatically the system to land in the vertical position. Therefore the Luna 27 module will be perfectly intact for prospection.

This module will also contain a system able to drill, sample and analyze the Moon ground down to 2m depth. The collected species will be analyzed when the module will be back on the Earth.

The space environment is most critical for active components, the use of standards is not enough sufficient to bear the harsh conditions. Therefore, Keopsys decided to propose hermetic active components which are space qualified. This knowledge allows Keopsys to offer high-quality devices. It also permits to Keopsys to control the manufacturing process and to secure production over a long period.

It also permits to Keopsys to control the manufacturing process and therefore ensure

the end user about the quality. And to secure production over a long period, in France.