Hakuto

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Concept design of a Moon Rover by White Label Space

Hakuto[1] or White Label Space was formed in early 2008 by a group of experienced space professionals inspired by the challenge of the Google Lunar X PRIZE. The team aims to finance its Google Lunar X PRIZE mission from advertising expenditure of large global companies.[2]

Locations

The headquarters of White Label Space is in the Netherlands, hosted in the office of the Dutch aerospace company AOES Group BV.[3]

In 2010 the team also established White Label Space Japan LLC, a Limited Liability Company registered in Japan.[4]

Partners

As of January 2008, the team had nine official partners:[5]

  • Advanced Operations and Engineering Services (AOES Group BV) - an international engineering services and consultancy provider providing specialist support for design and analysis tasks related to the structures, thermal and propulsion subsystems of the Lander and Rover
  • The Swiss Propulsion Laboratory - developing a low-cost engine for the landing stage of the White Label Space mission using its in-house rocket motor test bench
  • Tohoku University Space Robotics Laboratory - designing the Moon rover for the mission
  • Airborne Composites BV - a developer of advanced composite products and technologies for space and other industries, and will provide lightweight high performance composite structures for the mission
  • Emxys - a designer and manufacturer of instrumentation and control embedded electronic systems for science and industry markets [6]
  • Space Technology Group at the Technical University of Munich
  • LunarNumbat - a team of Australians and New Zealanders who are using Open Source technologies to develop new software and electronic hardware in support of the White Label Space mission
  • Wrocław University of Technology - developer of aerospace communications equipment
  • JAQAR Space Engineering - the partner for orbital design and mission analysis

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ Announcement: New Team Name is "HAKUTO"
  2. ↑ White Label Space team page on the Google Lunar X PRIZE site
  3. ↑ Dutch Firm AOES Group BV Partners with White Label Space Team in $30 Million Google Lunar X PRIZE, 31 August 2009
  4. ↑ WLS Japanese Office Open for Business, 9 September 2010
  5. ↑ White Label Space Official Partners Page, 2008-01-01.
  6. ↑ Emxys - New Partner for Electronic Systems, 27 November 2009
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