LUNAR COMMUNICATIONs AND NAVIGATION services (LCNS) USER ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP

Date: 1 June 2021, 13:30-18:00 CEST

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About the event

The European Space Agency (ESA) will host the LCNS user requirements workshop on Tuesday, 1 June 2021. The workshop will address the needs of various users that are emerging in the Lunar economy. The overall objective of the Moonlight user engagement process is to inform potential user communities of the capabilities of the Lunar Communication and Navigation Services, provide a User Forum, facilitate regular interaction between the services being offered and user community and to identify the users’ needs.

The 1st workshop will:

• Announce the two winning consortia that were awarded the LCNS Phase A/B1 parallel contracts;
• Present the LCNS concept as part of the wider Moonlight Initiative;
• Gather together with the community inputs and common interests in lunar communication and navigation and in the future of moon exploration
• Discuss and elaborate how LCNS will help future lunar missions
• Set foundation of a Lunar User Forum group

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Join the event and help us shape the future of lunar exploration!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Space Agencies
• Academia and Research institutions
• Private entities working on a lunar mission or providing products and services for the lunar exploration
• Lunar enthusiasts from anywhere on Earth           

Bilateral meetings

A set of bilateral meetings (interviews) between ESA, the Phase A/B1 study prime contractors and the potential users will take place in the coming week /s. Entities / users can express interest for interviews via the Expression of Interest Form. Please submit the complete form to: moonlight@esa.int

Please note that the planned interviews are primarily for supporting the elicitation of user requirements. Interests in relation to offering solutions and/or technologies are outside the perimeter of this users engagement workshop.