Applications
- 15.7.1 Cislunar Cargo Tugs — Autonomous in-space propulsion vehicles that collect, reposition and deliver cargo between low Earth orbit, lunar gateway nodes, and lunar orbit without crew.
- 15.7.2 Lunar Surface Delivery — Precision delivery of cargo — instruments, propellant, infrastructure modules — to designated lunar surface sites using sovereign-operated descent vehicles.
- 15.7.3 Trans-Lunar Injection Services — Providing sovereign upper-stage or dedicated propulsion services that place national payloads onto a precise trans-lunar trajectory without relying on foreign launch providers for the critical final burn.
- 15.7.4 Lunar Sample Return Logistics — Recovering geological and regolith samples from the lunar surface and delivering them intact to sovereign laboratories on Earth for scientific and resource analysis.
- 15.7.5 Crew Cislunar Transport — Sovereign crewed vehicles capable of transiting the Earth-Moon system, providing independent human access to cislunar space without dependence on foreign operators.