JAKARTA - Israel's non-profit space organization SpaceIl, seriously preparing a second attempt for an unmanned moon landing in 2024, has secured private funding of US$70 million or around Rp. 1,014,450,500,000 million in private funding for the mission. .
In a statement on July 11, SpaceIl said Patrick Drahi, a French-Israeli billionaire and controlling shareholder of Altice Europe, would donate the funds along with SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn and South African entrepreneur Martin Moshal.
In December last year, Israel announced it would attempt a second unmanned lunar landing in early 2024, after its first attempt in 2019 failed and ended in the sinking of the washer-sized ship Beresheet due to a technical failure, according to engineers.
"I plan to do everything in my power to bring Israel back to the moon," Kahn said.
The new project, dubbed 'Beresheet 2', is planned to involve launching two landing craft and an orbiter that will circle the moon for years, conducting experiments and collecting data on behalf of the school's students.
SpaceIL said the promised funding comprised the bulk of the project's $100 million cost and provided a high probability of meeting the 2024 launch schedule.
It says 'Beresheet 2' plans to break several space records, including a double landing, with one of the craft crashing on the far side of the moon. Only China made a soft landing on the far side, in 2019.
The two Israeli landing craft will be the smallest ever launched into space, weighing in at 120 kilograms (264.5 pounds) each with fuel and 60 kg without fuel. it will serve as a platform for educational science activities in Israel and around the world, through long-distance connections that will allow students to take part in space scientific research, SpaceIL said.
Meanwhile, SpaceIL is leading the project in collaboration with the Israel Space Agency, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Israeli Aircraft Industry.
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