ELO2 Consortium

What ELO2 Consortium does

ELO2 Consortium is an Australian space research and technology consortium selected by the Australian Space Agency to design, build, and operate ROO-VER, Australia's first lunar rover. The legal entity is registered as EPE + LUNAR OUTPOST OCEANIA CONSORTIUM and is headquartered in Spring Hill, Queensland, with engineering and research distributed nationally across approximately 11–50 personnel. The consortium aggregates startups, SMEs, a major resources company (BHP), nine Australian universities, and space technology firms (EPE, Lunar Outpost, Inovor, Titomic, Saber Astronautics, Melbourne Space, and others).

ROO-VER is a semi-autonomous lunar rover designed to be deployed on a future NASA Artemis mission in support of Moon to Mars activities. The rover is controlled from Earth while executing autonomous surface functions, exploring the lunar surface, collecting data, and demonstrating Australian innovation. Engineering effort spans rover subsystems including design, cameras, communications, wheels, and power generation, distributed across the consortium's partner network.

ELO2's business model is government-funded, with the program supported by grant funding from the Australian Government through the Australian Space Agency. There is no commercial revenue from the rover and no disclosed pricing model; the go-to-market is mission-driven event-based procurement. Public outreach, student engagement programs ("Join Team Roo-ver"), and webinars (Roo-ver Round Up) are used to build community awareness and talent pipeline rather than commercial demand. Customer concentration is effectively 100% governmental (Australian Space Agency, with NASA as the end-mission recipient).

Name

ELO2 Consortium

Legal name

EPE + LUNAR OUTPOST OCEANIA CONSORTIUM

Website

https://elo2.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ELO2 Consortium is an Australian government-funded space consortium selected by the Australian Space Agency to design, build, and operate ROO-VER, Australia's first semi-autonomous lunar rover, for delivery via NASA's Artemis program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Space Exploration Hardware

NAICS

Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing (336414), Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336419)

SIC

Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts (3760)

akta.pro primary industry

Spacecraft & Satellites (Civil/Commercial) (IMABACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spacecraft Integration, Assembly & Test (IAT) (IMABACAK), Space Payloads & Instruments (Sensors, Comms, EO/IR) (IMABACAD)

Keywords

• Lunar rover development
• Space exploration technology
• Government space programs
• Lunar surface exploration
• Space consortium services

Headquarters

HQ city

Spring Hill

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Government Contract - Australian Space Agency: Funded through grant funding from the Australian Government via the Australian Space Agency. ELO2 is the industry consortium selected to design, construct and operate the ROO-VER rover on the lunar surface.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ELO2 Consortium designs, constructs, and operates ROO-VER, Australia's first lunar rover. The semi-autonomous rover is being built to travel to the Moon on a future NASA Artemis mission, exploring the lunar surface, collecting data, and demonstrating Australian innovations on the Moon. The consortium comprises Australian start-ups, SMEs, major resources companies, universities, and research partners working on rover subsystems including cameras, communications, wheels, and power generation.

Product overview

ELO₂ Consortium is delivering a single unified product: the ROO-VER lunar rover. ROO-VER is Australia's first national lunar rover project, designed, built, and operated by the consortium in partnership with the Australian Space Agency. The semi-autonomous rover will be deployed on a future NASA Artemis mission to support lunar exploration. The consortium consists of Australian start-ups, SMEs, major resources companies, universities, and research partners working collaboratively on various rover subsystems including designs, cameras, communications, wheels, power generation, and more.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ROO-VER: Australia's first lunar rover - a semi-autonomous rover designed to travel to the Moon on a future Artemis mission, collecting data and supporting global space science and exploration goals.

Products and services

• ROO-VER Lunar Rover

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Australian Space AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary government partner that selected ELO2 Consortium to deliver Australia's first lunar rover. The Australian Space Agency provides grant funding through the Australian Government and oversees the program's alignment with NASA's Artemis mission requirements.
• NASAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUltimate destination for the ROO-VER rover through the Artemis program. NASA receives Australia's contribution of a semi-autonomous lunar rover supporting Moon to Mars activities.
• EPEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium lead organization, appears to be the primary implementing partner coordinating the ELO2 Consortium efforts.
• Lunar OutpostcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpace technology company and consortium partner contributing to the ROO-VER lunar rover development.
• Australian National University (ANU)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity consortium partner contributing research and engineering expertise to the lunar rover program.
• BHPmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor resources company and consortium partner providing expertise potentially relevant to lunar surface operations and materials.
• University of Sydney (USyd)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity consortium partner contributing research capabilities to the ROO-VER program.
• Monash UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity consortium partner providing research and engineering expertise.
• Queensland University of Technology (QUT)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity consortium partner in Queensland contributing to rover development.
• RMIT UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity consortium partner contributing engineering and research capabilities.
• Swinburne University of TechnologymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity consortium partner providing research expertise to the program.
• Edith Cowan University (ECU)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity consortium partner contributing to the Australian space effort.
• University of Tasmania (UTas)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity consortium partner providing research capabilities.
• InovormajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralian space technology company and consortium partner.
• TitomicmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralian advanced manufacturing company and consortium partner.
• Melbourne SpacemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMelbourne-based space industry consortium partner.
• One Giant Leap AustraliamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralian space education and advocacy organization as consortium partner.
• Element (Team 25)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner contributing to the ROO-VER program.
• CSM ( likely Composite Solutions Group)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConsortium partner contributing to the lunar rover development.
• Saber AstronauticsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAustralian space technology company as consortium partner.
• VIPACminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering and advisory services company as consortium partner.
• VSSEC (Victorian Space Science Education Centre)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpace science education center as consortium partner.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lunar Outpost: Lunar Outpost is a US-based commercial space company that designs and operates lunar surface mobility and exploration systems (including the MAPP and EagleCam rovers). It is a direct peer — and simultaneously a consortium partner of ELO2 — building small commercial lunar rovers for NASA and commercial customers.
• Astrobotic Technology: Astrobotic is a US company developing lunar landers and the CubeRover small lunar rover platform under NASA's CLPS program. Direct peer — competes for the same category of NASA Artemis-era commercial lunar surface delivery contracts that ROO-VER supports.
• Draper Laboratory: Draper is leading a CLPS team to deliver science payloads to the lunar surface with the APEX 1.0 lunar lander. Direct peer — another NASA-funded prime integrating subsystems and instruments for an Artemis-era lunar mission, comparable in customer profile and program structure to ELO2.
• Intuitive Machines: Intuitive Machines built and operated the Nova-C (Odysseus) lunar lander under NASA's CLPS program. Direct peer — competing for the same NASA Artemis-era commercial lunar services contracts that ELO2's rover will ultimately ride on.
• Honeybee Robotics: Honeybee Robotics (now part of Blue Origin) developed the Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering, and Probing of Regolith (SAMPLR) arm and other lunar surface mechanisms. Direct peer — comparable subsystem supplier role for NASA lunar surface missions.
• ispace: ispace is a Japanese commercial lunar exploration company operating the HAKUTO-R lunar lander and a small lunar rover program. Direct peer — same business model of a privately-led, multi-mission commercial lunar surface mobility and delivery service to space agencies.
• Masten Space Systems: Masten is developing the Masten Lunar Logistics and Access (MELT) lander and has worked on reusable lunar lander systems under NASA and DoD contracts. Direct peer — competes in the same commercial lunar access ecosystem as ROO-VER's delivery provider.

Broad incumbents

• Blue Origin: Blue Origin is developing the Blue Moon lunar lander and acquired Honeybee Robotics to offer integrated lunar surface solutions. Broad incumbent — operates at much larger scale across launch, landers, and surface systems that encompass the same Artemis-era market ELO2 serves.
• SpaceX: SpaceX provides the Starship and Falcon Heavy launch services that ultimately deliver Artemis-era payloads (including ROO-VER) to the Moon. Broad incumbent — not a direct competitor on rover hardware but the dominant upstream enabler for the entire commercial lunar value chain.

Regional players

• JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency): JAXA operates the SLIM lander and the Toyota-built pressurized lunar rover program with similar national-prestige framing to ROO-VER. Regional player — a national space agency running its own government-funded crewed and robotic lunar mobility programs in a different geography but with a comparable mandate and customer profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/elo2au
• Facebookfacebook.com/roovermission
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/roo-ver

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