What’s on board?
Lumio’s success relies on a suite of advanced European miniaturised technologies developed across academia and industry. The mission’s consortium includes:
- Politecnico di Milano (Italy) – Mission lead, DART Lab, autonomous navigation
- Argotec (Italy) – CubeSat platform design, integration and testing
- Leonardo (Italy) – Developer of LumioCam, a visible–nearinfrared optical instrument designed to capture highframerate impact flashes
- IMT (Italy) – X-band deep-space transponder and deployable solar arrays
- Nautilus – Flight dynamics support
- S&T Norway – Onboard payload data processing and implementation of scientific algorithms
- Lift Me Off (UK) – Miniaturised chemical propulsion and reaction control system
- ECAPS (Sweden) – Dedicated high-performance main thruster
Leveraging these capabilities, Lumio will perform significant deep-space operations to transfer from launch insertion to the Earth-Moon L2 halo orbit, autonomous navigation around L2, and high-efficiency data handling, all within the constraints of a 12U CubeSat.