Cosmochute

About Cosmochute

Cosmochute Ltd is developing reusable surface robotics for celestial bodies, with an initial focus on the Moon. The company's vision is to create sustainable and reusable robotic equipment to support exploration on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Cosmochute was founded by Amit Chowdhary.

The company's foundational project is a reusable research rover named 'Epoc', designed for the lunar south pole. Epoc features an autonomous navigation system and interchangeable payload bays, engineered to handle regolith traversal and extreme temperature changes between lunar day and night. Complementing the rover is the 'OASys', a towable trailer system that expands payload capacity, capable of carrying multiple 8U payloads up to 120 kg. A key component of their system is the 'Cartridge', a payload survival system that provides thermal regulation and power management to protect customer payloads during the 14-day lunar nights.

Cosmochute's business model centers on providing services and hardware for clients needing to operate payloads on the lunar surface. They offer to house customer payloads in CubeSat standard bays, supplying power, communication, and environmental protection. This enables the use of instruments designed for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) directly on the moon's surface, potentially lowering costs and development time for lunar science and exploration missions. Their services include lunar environment shielding, payload power and data downlink, and hosting capabilities for operations within Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs).