Firefly’s third lunar mission, targeted no earlier than 2028, will use the Elytra orbiter as a transfer vehicle and communications relay while Blue Ghost lands at Gruithuisen Domes. The orbiter’s planned five-year operation tests persistent lunar communications and autonomous data infrastructure relevant to Ark command, archives, and remote operations.
Relevance to the Ark
Firefly’s third lunar mission, targeted no earlier than 2028, will use the Elytra orbiter as a transfer vehicle and communications relay while Blue Ghost lands at Gruithuisen Domes. The orbiter’s plan
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WHY WE TRACK THIS
Lunar Ark is an open engineering encyclopedia for a permanent settlement at the Moon's south pole — 763 entries decomposed to component level, all CC-BY-SA. Developments like this one shape what the Ark has to be built to survive.