Priority 1 (Primary)-85.99°S, 2.93°E
Malapert Mountain (Peak of Eternal Light)
5,000m massif serving as an optimal optical/telecom relay and long-duration solar outpost.
Sun Elevation:-2.43° (Occluded)
Direct-to-Earth:+2.06° (LOS OK)
LOLA Elevation:+5,000 m
Solar Daylight Peak:89% of cycle
Slope Margin:8.5° (<10° Safe)
Water Ice (PSR):Low on ridge (volatiles in flanking valleys)
Candidate Missions & Science Objectives:
Artemis III Candidate RegionCLPS Commercial Delivery CandidateLunar Relay Infrastructure
High-altitude relay platform, ancient anorthosite crust samples, panoramic lunar horizon viewing.
NASA JPL Horizons Ephemeris Constants
Mean Radius:1,737.53 km
Surface Gravity:1.62 m/s² (0.166 g)
Escape Velocity:2.38 km/s
One-Way Light Time:1.282 s
NASA Official Planetary Sources:
• NASA LROC WAC: 100m Global Photographic Mosaic
• NASA LOLA: 128 ppd Laser Altimetry DEM
• NASA JPL Horizons: API v1.2 Ephemeris Stream
• USGS Astrogeology: OpenPlanetary Lunar Coordinate System
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