Evolunar

Evolunar's business model is centered on providing post-landing mobility services on the Moon, rather than selling the hardware itself. The company targets clients involved in the burgeoning lunar economy who require services such as exploration, data collection, and payload transportation. Revenue will be generated by offering these exploration and delivery services to companies that need to deploy instruments or rovers to specific, hard-to-reach locations on the lunar surface. The firm has secured funding from investors including Obloo, CDP Venture Capital, Galaxia, and is an incubatee of ESA BIC Turin, which provides financial and business support.

The company's flagship product is the LuNaDrone, a compact, 15 kg spacecraft designed for autonomous flight in the lunar near-surface environment. Conceived to navigate challenging terrains like craters, lunar pits, and Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs), it offers a solution for accessing areas impassable for traditional rovers. The LuNaDrone's key features include a proprietary visual-inertial navigation system that operates without external signals like GNSS, ensuring robust performance in diverse conditions. Its propulsion system consists of three monopropellant rocket engines, enabling rapid travel across the lunar landscape. The drone's modular and scalable design, inspired by CubeSat standards, allows it to be compatible with even the smallest lunar landers and a wide array of payloads, reducing redesign costs for different missions. Beyond its primary space application, the advanced navigation technology developed for the LuNaDrone has potential terrestrial uses in autonomous robots and UAVs for industries such as logistics, mining, and industrial inspection in GNSS-denied environments.