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CERES-R rover on the lunar surface
05 · OFF-EARTH EXTRACTION R&D HORIZON · 2030s

Ceres

The richest deposits aren’t on Earth. CERES adapts the INORE stack for regolith and vacuum, a surface mining rover feeding an orbital processing platform, extracting water, metals, and volatiles where no crew can go.

MISSION PARTNERSHIPS MISSION TIMELINE
REGOLITH RATE
12 t/h
OPERATING TEMP
−170…120 °C
GRAVITY RANGE
0.02–1 g
COMMS GAP TOLERANCE
14 days
CREW ONBOARD
0
LUNAR DEMONSTRATION · 2030s

The pit leaves the planet

CERES-R cuts regolith with a sealed drum excavator and hauls it on rocker-arm suspension built for one-sixth g. Mission render, regolith excavation and volatile extraction demonstration.

CERES hardware, cutout view
CERES-R · SURFACE UNITMISSION RENDER · 2030s
MISSION ARCHITECTURE

Surface digs. Orbit processes.

01 / CERES-R SURFACE UNIT

Drum-cutter rover extracts and beneficiates regolith on site. Solar-charged, vacuum-sealed drivetrain, survives the 14-day lunar night dormant.

02 / ORBITAL PLATFORM

A capture-ring platform receives launched payloads and refines water and metals in microgravity, the supply depot for everything built off Earth.

03 / PROVEN ON EARTH

Every subsystem flies only after years in terrestrial pits on ATLAS, DELVER, and SCOUT. Space is the deployment, not the experiment.

Building for off-Earth?

We work with agencies and launch providers on regolith extraction and in-situ resource missions.

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