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NovaMoon: A Strategic Lunar Reference Station for Positioning, Timing, and Largely Enhanced Science in the Earth-Moon System

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Autori principali:	Molli, Serena, Fienga, Agnès, Defraigne, Pascale, Sośnica, Krzysztof, Cacciapuoti, Luigi, Porcelli, Luca, Massarweh, Lotfi, Bruni, Sara, Pozzobon, Riccardo, Roura, Albert, Vespe, Francesco, Blas, Diego, Karatekin, Ozgur, Audet, Yoann, Melman, Floor, Swinden, Richard, Ventura-Traveset, Javier, Alibart, Olivier, Angonin, Marie-Christine, Arnold, Daniel, Bamford, Ruth, Battista, Emmanuele, Belloni, Marco, Berton, J. C., Bertolami, Orfeu, Bloßfeld, Mathis, Bourgoin, Adrien, Bargiacchi, Giada, Buoninfante, Salvatore, Burzillà, Nicolò, Campagnola, Roberto, Cappuccio, Paolo, Capozziello, Salvatore, Cimò, Giuseppe, Courde, Clément, Dach, Rolf, de Cumis, Mario Siciliani, Dell'Agnello, Simone, De Marchi, Fabrizio, Galluzzi, Valentina, Gini, Francesco, Glaeser, Philipp, Gwinner, Klaus, Guinard, Alex, Haas, Rüdiger, Hees, Aurélien, Hussmann, Hauke, Iess, Luciano, Jenkins, Alexander C., Joshi, Siddarth K., Karbon, Maria, Klioner, Sergei, Laiho, Kaisa, Poncin-Lafitte, Christophe Le, Lucente, Marco, Lucchesi, David, March, Riccardo, McCallum, Lucia, Müller, Jürgen, Nie, Weijie, Oduber, Jillian, Peron, Roberto, Picciariello, Francesco, Pichavant, Théo, Plumaris, Michael, Polini, Eleonora, Plesa, Ana-Catalina, Psychas, Dimitrios, Quaranta, Bernardino, Rambaux, Nicolas, Rovira-Navarro, Marc, Santoli, Francesco, Schartner, Matthias, Seitz, Florian, Sesia, Ilaria, Seyffert, Yan, Speretta, Stefano, Springer, Tim, Vallone, Giuseppe, Villoresi, Paolo, Vincent-Bonnieu, Sebastien, Wadsworth, Ben, Waller, Pierre, Zajdel, Radosław, Schoenemann, Erik
Natura:	Preprint
Pubblicazione:	2026
Soggetti:	Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
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author	Molli, Serena Fienga, Agnès Defraigne, Pascale Sośnica, Krzysztof Cacciapuoti, Luigi Porcelli, Luca Massarweh, Lotfi Bruni, Sara Pozzobon, Riccardo Roura, Albert Vespe, Francesco Blas, Diego Karatekin, Ozgur Audet, Yoann Melman, Floor Swinden, Richard Ventura-Traveset, Javier Alibart, Olivier Angonin, Marie-Christine Arnold, Daniel Bamford, Ruth Battista, Emmanuele Belloni, Marco Berton, J. C. Bertolami, Orfeu Bloßfeld, Mathis Bourgoin, Adrien Bargiacchi, Giada Buoninfante, Salvatore Burzillà, Nicolò Campagnola, Roberto Cappuccio, Paolo Capozziello, Salvatore Cimò, Giuseppe Courde, Clément Dach, Rolf de Cumis, Mario Siciliani Dell'Agnello, Simone De Marchi, Fabrizio Galluzzi, Valentina Gini, Francesco Glaeser, Philipp Gwinner, Klaus Guinard, Alex Haas, Rüdiger Hees, Aurélien Hussmann, Hauke Iess, Luciano Jenkins, Alexander C. Joshi, Siddarth K. Karbon, Maria Klioner, Sergei Laiho, Kaisa Poncin-Lafitte, Christophe Le Lucente, Marco Lucchesi, David March, Riccardo McCallum, Lucia Müller, Jürgen Nie, Weijie Oduber, Jillian Peron, Roberto Picciariello, Francesco Pichavant, Théo Plumaris, Michael Polini, Eleonora Plesa, Ana-Catalina Psychas, Dimitrios Quaranta, Bernardino Rambaux, Nicolas Rovira-Navarro, Marc Santoli, Francesco Schartner, Matthias Seitz, Florian Sesia, Ilaria Seyffert, Yan Speretta, Stefano Springer, Tim Vallone, Giuseppe Villoresi, Paolo Vincent-Bonnieu, Sebastien Wadsworth, Ben Waller, Pierre Zajdel, Radosław Schoenemann, Erik
author_facet	Molli, Serena Fienga, Agnès Defraigne, Pascale Sośnica, Krzysztof Cacciapuoti, Luigi Porcelli, Luca Massarweh, Lotfi Bruni, Sara Pozzobon, Riccardo Roura, Albert Vespe, Francesco Blas, Diego Karatekin, Ozgur Audet, Yoann Melman, Floor Swinden, Richard Ventura-Traveset, Javier Alibart, Olivier Angonin, Marie-Christine Arnold, Daniel Bamford, Ruth Battista, Emmanuele Belloni, Marco Berton, J. C. Bertolami, Orfeu Bloßfeld, Mathis Bourgoin, Adrien Bargiacchi, Giada Buoninfante, Salvatore Burzillà, Nicolò Campagnola, Roberto Cappuccio, Paolo Capozziello, Salvatore Cimò, Giuseppe Courde, Clément Dach, Rolf de Cumis, Mario Siciliani Dell'Agnello, Simone De Marchi, Fabrizio Galluzzi, Valentina Gini, Francesco Glaeser, Philipp Gwinner, Klaus Guinard, Alex Haas, Rüdiger Hees, Aurélien Hussmann, Hauke Iess, Luciano Jenkins, Alexander C. Joshi, Siddarth K. Karbon, Maria Klioner, Sergei Laiho, Kaisa Poncin-Lafitte, Christophe Le Lucente, Marco Lucchesi, David March, Riccardo McCallum, Lucia Müller, Jürgen Nie, Weijie Oduber, Jillian Peron, Roberto Picciariello, Francesco Pichavant, Théo Plumaris, Michael Polini, Eleonora Plesa, Ana-Catalina Psychas, Dimitrios Quaranta, Bernardino Rambaux, Nicolas Rovira-Navarro, Marc Santoli, Francesco Schartner, Matthias Seitz, Florian Sesia, Ilaria Seyffert, Yan Speretta, Stefano Springer, Tim Vallone, Giuseppe Villoresi, Paolo Vincent-Bonnieu, Sebastien Wadsworth, Ben Waller, Pierre Zajdel, Radosław Schoenemann, Erik
contents	The renewed interest in lunar exploration and the development of future lunar communication and navigation services highlight the need for a precise, stable, and interoperable geodetic and timing infrastructure on the Moon. NovaMoon, proposed as a scientific and navigation payload for ESA's Argonaut lander, is designed as a lunar-based local differential, geodetic, and timing station supporting both operational needs in the Moon's south polar region and a broad range of scientific investigations. The payload integrates a lunar laser retroreflector, a Very Long Baseline Interferometry transmitter, a receiver for navigation signals compatible with LunaNet standards, high-stability atomic clocks, and direct-to-Earth radio links -- making it the first lunar station to co-locate multiple ranging, tracking, and timing techniques. NovaMoon will enable sub-metre to decimetre positioning, provide local differential corrections for lunar users, and ensure an accurate and stable realisation of position and time. Preliminary simulation studies show that this multi-technique dataset improves the lunar reference frame, orientation and ephemerides, and estimates of interior parameters like tidal response and core properties. NovaMoon will also provide the first long-duration physical realisation of a lunar time reference. Beyond its primary goals, it supports improved cartography, precise surface geolocation, and higher-resolution topography, contributing to safer landings and operations. It also enables new tests of fundamental physics, including constraints on relativity and possible deviations from classical gravity.
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spellingShingle	NovaMoon: A Strategic Lunar Reference Station for Positioning, Timing, and Largely Enhanced Science in the Earth-Moon System Molli, Serena Fienga, Agnès Defraigne, Pascale Sośnica, Krzysztof Cacciapuoti, Luigi Porcelli, Luca Massarweh, Lotfi Bruni, Sara Pozzobon, Riccardo Roura, Albert Vespe, Francesco Blas, Diego Karatekin, Ozgur Audet, Yoann Melman, Floor Swinden, Richard Ventura-Traveset, Javier Alibart, Olivier Angonin, Marie-Christine Arnold, Daniel Bamford, Ruth Battista, Emmanuele Belloni, Marco Berton, J. C. Bertolami, Orfeu Bloßfeld, Mathis Bourgoin, Adrien Bargiacchi, Giada Buoninfante, Salvatore Burzillà, Nicolò Campagnola, Roberto Cappuccio, Paolo Capozziello, Salvatore Cimò, Giuseppe Courde, Clément Dach, Rolf de Cumis, Mario Siciliani Dell'Agnello, Simone De Marchi, Fabrizio Galluzzi, Valentina Gini, Francesco Glaeser, Philipp Gwinner, Klaus Guinard, Alex Haas, Rüdiger Hees, Aurélien Hussmann, Hauke Iess, Luciano Jenkins, Alexander C. Joshi, Siddarth K. Karbon, Maria Klioner, Sergei Laiho, Kaisa Poncin-Lafitte, Christophe Le Lucente, Marco Lucchesi, David March, Riccardo McCallum, Lucia Müller, Jürgen Nie, Weijie Oduber, Jillian Peron, Roberto Picciariello, Francesco Pichavant, Théo Plumaris, Michael Polini, Eleonora Plesa, Ana-Catalina Psychas, Dimitrios Quaranta, Bernardino Rambaux, Nicolas Rovira-Navarro, Marc Santoli, Francesco Schartner, Matthias Seitz, Florian Sesia, Ilaria Seyffert, Yan Speretta, Stefano Springer, Tim Vallone, Giuseppe Villoresi, Paolo Vincent-Bonnieu, Sebastien Wadsworth, Ben Waller, Pierre Zajdel, Radosław Schoenemann, Erik Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics The renewed interest in lunar exploration and the development of future lunar communication and navigation services highlight the need for a precise, stable, and interoperable geodetic and timing infrastructure on the Moon. NovaMoon, proposed as a scientific and navigation payload for ESA's Argonaut lander, is designed as a lunar-based local differential, geodetic, and timing station supporting both operational needs in the Moon's south polar region and a broad range of scientific investigations. The payload integrates a lunar laser retroreflector, a Very Long Baseline Interferometry transmitter, a receiver for navigation signals compatible with LunaNet standards, high-stability atomic clocks, and direct-to-Earth radio links -- making it the first lunar station to co-locate multiple ranging, tracking, and timing techniques. NovaMoon will enable sub-metre to decimetre positioning, provide local differential corrections for lunar users, and ensure an accurate and stable realisation of position and time. Preliminary simulation studies show that this multi-technique dataset improves the lunar reference frame, orientation and ephemerides, and estimates of interior parameters like tidal response and core properties. NovaMoon will also provide the first long-duration physical realisation of a lunar time reference. Beyond its primary goals, it supports improved cartography, precise surface geolocation, and higher-resolution topography, contributing to safer landings and operations. It also enables new tests of fundamental physics, including constraints on relativity and possible deviations from classical gravity.
title	NovaMoon: A Strategic Lunar Reference Station for Positioning, Timing, and Largely Enhanced Science in the Earth-Moon System
topic	Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url	https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08432