System with Ultra-staBle Magnetic Inertial Control Regulation for Orbital beaming (SUBMICRO)

This proposal presents an innovative attitude determination and control system to enable sub-micron-accuracy laser power transfer to the Lunar surface from Lunar orbit. This proposal leverages the world-renowned expertise in pointing control architectures built in decades of groundbreaking research by Dr. Mason Peck’s work at Cornell University and the innovative work pioneered by Volta Space Technologies in the field of spaceborne optical payloads for laser power transmission. The system hereby proposed makes use of a closed-feedback loop approach to determine the position of a laser power receiver on the surface of the Moon with high resolution, and of a highly collaborative interaction between spacecraft bus and payload to ensure accurate and reliable tracking, mediated by magnetic reaction wheels.