LTV navigation needs precision

Radar plays a critical role in navigating challenges and detecting obstacles in lunar environments, essential for successful missions.

Our mmWave Radar Solutions meet the unique challenges of lunar exploration, offering exceptional performance, reliability, and visibility for your Lunar Terrain Vehicle, in all conditions.

The future of LTV includes mmWave radar

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Engineering Excellence in Satellites and Space

For more than 30 years, we have helped industry leaders to systematically address strategic challenges, develop creative technical solutions and deliver advanced low-SWaP, Radar, RF communications, software, AI and ML, radar and sensing systems.

Engineering Excellence
  • Cutting-edge low-SWaP solutions
  • We excel in developing advanced RF technology needed for reliable, space-proven sensing and communication systems.
  • Space tech has unique challenges, but we are experienced in developing complex systems suitable for operation in challenging environments mitigating for outgassing, atomic oxygen, radiation events, solar loading & more.

Partner with Plextek – Our Process

Technology Feasibility

Our multi-disciplinary engineering experience from developing hundreds of other systems in other industries means we’re well placed to help you to rapidly evaluate the potential and feasibility of a new technical design or system.

Proof of Concept

Plextek supports your project from early breadboard, flatsat and engineering model, through the extensive test and validation procedures needed before delivering final flight models.

Deployment

Once the preferred or optimal solution is clear we can develop complete products and systems – from the whiteboard to deployment – whilst ensuring integrity for the whole system.

Why you need radar for your LTV

Lunar Terrain Vehicle
  • Navigate the challenges and complexities of terrain, detect the obstacles such as boulders and craters from a distance.
  • Precise hazard detection and terrain analysis – critical for successful space exploration.
  • Achieve 360° coverage by adding mmWave radar technology.
  • Determine vehicle speed directly from the doppler output.

Advance the precision of your LTV vision and navigation with mmWave radar

Highly compact and lightweight.
Precise point cloud data and object range data even in challenging lighting and through regolith.
Combine mmWave radar and other LTV sensor data for multi-modal visibility & navigation.
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Take the next step

Plextek’s radar solutions are designed to meet the unique challenges of lunar exploration, offering exceptional performance, reliability, and cost-efficiency for your Lunar Terrain Vehicle. If you need exceptional engineering for space exploration, we can provide the right advanced radar technology for your mission.

“Plextek's advanced radar solutions for Lunar Terrain Vehicles can be customized to meet your application needs. Our track record of successful radar designs and commitment to innovation make us the ideal partner for your LTV project. So, get in touch, and let’s explore how our expertise can help you.”

Richard Jacklin, Commercial Lead
Richard Jacklin

Commercial Lead – Space & Satellite

mmWave Radar Solutions at Scale and Pace

High-Performance mmWave Radar System for in-orbit micro-debris detection - capable of detecting fast-moving particles with relative velocities of up to 15.2 km/s at distances over 60 metres away
  • Our high-performance mmWave radar is ideal for ground navigation & surveillance applications.
  • Range and velocity information from a highly compact device with integrated antenna, transceiver, and signal processing.
  • Robust and reliable, our mission-ready technology is built to withstand the challenging conditions of space.

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