2nd Joint ICG-IOAG Multilateral Cislunar PNT Workshop

Introduction

The Moon is a primary focus for space activities around the world in the coming decades, including orbiters, landers, rovers, human activities, science, and both short- and long-duration missions evolving into a sustainable ecosystem. These activities are driving a need for infrastructure to provide consistent, precise, real-time lunar Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services. Currently there are multiple development efforts underway to satisfy this need, with systems operational as early as this decade. As with the existing Earth-based Global Navigation Satellite Systems, such infrastructure will need to be mutually compatible, interoperable, and available to maximize utility for lunar space users.

At the 5th Interoperability Plenary meeting (IOP-5) held 20-22 June 2023, the IOP resolved that the Interagency Operations Advisory Group (IOAG) “organize a multilateral workshop with the International Committee on GNSS (ICG) to provide an international coordination venue for GNSS providers and lunar communications and navigation providers.” In response, the 17th meeting of the ICG recommended the organization of a joint ICG-IOAG multilateral cislunar PNT workshop which was held on 11-13 February 2025, with specific objectives to be accomplished. The ICG further highlighted the importance of collaboration with other international stakeholders to strengthen the coordination and standardization of lunar PNT systems.

The 2nd Joint ICG-IOAG Multilateral Cislunar PNT Workshop seeks to provide an open international coordination forum to foster interoperable, compatible, and available lunar PNT systems of the future. Its focus is on the lunar PNT systems and services planned and under development, spectrum compatibility, lunar reference systems and time systems, aspects and models for international governance, lessons learned from the Earth-based GNSS community, and driving needs from the user segment.

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Agenda

Time (CET)Presentations
Day 1 (10 February 2026): Systems and Services
09:00 ‑ 09:10Welcome from Workshop Co-Chairs
Keynotes: Co-chairs: Xinuo CHANG (CAST), Floor MELMAN (ESA)
09:10 – 09:35Enabling Lunar Exploration: ESA’s PNT Roadmap and User Benefits, Javier Ventura-Traveset (ESA)
09:35 – 10:00Lunar PNT Activities of ICG and IOAG, ICG WG-L Co-Chairs and IOAG WG Co-Chairs
Session: Lunar PNT Frameworks & Systems: Session Co-chairs: Matt COSBY (UKSA), Ashish SHUKLA (ISRO)
10:30 – 10:40Introduction by session co-chairs
10:40 – 10:55LunaNet Interoperability Update, Cheryl Gramling (NASA)
10:55 – 11:10Enabling Cislunar Exploration Through NASA’s LCRNS System PNT Services, Jason Soloff (Intuitive Machines)
11:10 – 11:25Moonlight Programme Development Status, Monica Gotta (ESA), Carlo Albanese (TPZ)
11:25 – 11:40Japan Lunar Navigation Satellite System (LNSS) and Toward LunaNet LANS Interoperability Demonstration, Masaya Murata (JAXA)
11:40 – 11:55Indian Lunar PNT System Development, Ashish K Shukla (ISRO)
11:55 – 12:10Lunar activities by the Italian Space Agency, Mauro Cardone (ASI)
12:10 – 12:30Q&A
Session: Standardization and Governance:
14:00 – 15:30 Sub-session: StandardizationSession Co-chairs: Jӧrg HAHN (ESA), Cheryl GRAMLING (NASA)
14:00 – 14:10Session Scope and Introduction by session co-chairs
14:10 – 14:25From the Earth to the Moon: LUNEX – Lunar Unified Navigation Exchange Format, F. Gini (Chair IGS RINEX Committee) and A. Hauschild (Vice Chair IGS RINEX Committee)
14:25 – 14:40Standardisation for Lunar PNT receivers, Samuele Fantinato (Qascom)
14:40 – 14:55Standards: The good, the bad, and the applicability, S. Lightman (NIST) (virtual)
14:55 – 15:10Progress on Cislunar CCSDS Standards as a Foundation for Interoperability, Erik Schoenemann (ESA)
15:25 – 15:30Conclusions
16:00 – 17:30 Sub-session: GovernanceSession Co-chairs: Masaya MURATA (JAXA), Guoyu Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology)
16:00 – 16:20ATLAC Framework: Principles, and Pathways for International Consultation on Lunar Activities, Ulpia Elena Botezatu (UN COPUOS ATLAC Co-Chair)
16:20 – 16:40IOAG Committee to Study LunaNet Governance (CSLG), Masaya Murata (IOAG CSLG Co-Chair)
16:40 – 17:00The Expected Lunar Activity Coordination Principle and Mechanism, Guoyu Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology)
17:00 – 17:20Principles and Practices of Lunar Information Sharing, Antonino Salmeri (Lunar Policy Platform)
17:20 – 17:30Wrap-up by session co-chairs
Day 2 (11 February 2026): Lunar Reference Frame and Time
09:00 – 12:30 Sub-session: Lunar Reference Frame, Session Co-chairs: Susan STEWART (IAU), Agnes FIENGA (IAG)
09:00 – 09:10Lunar Reference Frame Standards, Susan Stewart (IAU)
09:10 – 09:30Roadmap for Conventions, Agnes Fienga (IAG)
09:30 – 09:50Reference Frames for Interoperability Within LunaNet, Cheryl Gramling (NASA)
09:50 – 10:10ESA Activities in Support of Lunar Reference Frame, Sara Bruni (ESA)
10:10 – 10:30Lessons Learned from the Implementation of a Lunar Reference Frame for the KPLO Mission, Moon-Jin Jeon (KARI)
11:00 – 11:20LLR Realization of Reference Frame, Vishnu Viswanathan
(NASA/GSFC)
11:20 – 11:40Ephemerides & Dynamical Models, Nicolas Rambaux (Observatoire de Paris)
11:40 – 12:00International Lunar Reference System and its realization – ILuRF: the IAG perspective, Krzysztof Sośnica (Univ. Wrocław)
12:00 – 12:15The Need for a Lunar Geoid & Other Shape Models, Nick Makley (NGA)
12:15 – 12:30ILuRFS Next Steps, Stephen Merkowitz (NASA) (virtual), Agnes Fienga (IAG) | Presentation 1 | Presentation 2
14:00 – 17:30 Sub-session: Lunar Time, Session Co-chairs: Patrizia TAVELLA (BIPM), Mamoru SEKIDO (NICT)
14:00 – 14:10Introduction and the CGPM Draft Resolution, Patrizia Tavella (BIPM)
14:10 – 14:25 Work of the Consultative Committee Time Frequency: FAQ and future work, Pascale Defraigne/Mamoru Sekido (ORB/NICT)
14:25 – 14:30Discussion
14:30 – 15:30 Space agencies timing needs and constraints (clock, time scale relationship (TL-TCG-TT-UTC), measurement from Earth, holdover in case of Earth connection loss, need of interoperability, traceability to UTC, involvement of UTC labs. Open questions for the timing community), NASA (USA) – Cheryl Gramling / ESA – Erik Schoenemann / JAXA (Japan) – Masaya Murata | Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3
16:00 – 17:00Discussion: which are the open issue and the FAQ to be addressed by the timing community? (Moderator Patrizia Tavella/Mamoru Sekido)
17:00 – 17:20 Proposal of Final Statement, Open Questions, Way Forward, Patrizia, Tavella (BIPM)
Day 3 (12 February 2026): Sub-session: Lunar PNT Spectrum: Session Co-chairs: Ye TIAN (CAST), Bruno ESPINOSA (SFCG)
09:00 – 09:15Update on the spectrum regulatory framework for Lunar PNT, Cathy Sham (SFCG)
09:15 – 10:30Overview of lunar PNT services
Lunar PNT Spectrum Sharing Considerations: A Japanese Industry Perspective, Toshihiro Shibukawa (ArkEdge Space)
Spectrum Use Enabling Lunar PNT Services, Jason Soloff (Intuitive Machines)
Preliminary Design of Compatible and Interoperable Lunar Navigation Signals, Junjie Ma (CAST) (virtual), Xinuo Chang (CAST)
ISRO pseudo lite in 2483.5-2500 MHz and/or in 2400-2480 MHz band, Ashish K Shukla (ISRO) (virtual)
Lunar PNT Spectrum in Moonlight Context, Cosimo Stallo (ESA), Pietro Salvatori (TASI)
11:00 – 11:30Potential compatibility issues
Augmenting PNT capabilities via 3GPP localization solutions, Luis Maestro (Nokia)
Experience of Earth Based Use of S Band and Spectrum Compatibility, Vijay Singh Bhadouria (ISRO)
11:30 – 12:15Panel Questions + Q&A
12:15 – 12:30Wrap up/key takeaways/actions & summary
13:30 – 17:30 Session: Lunar PNT User/Test Equipment & Technology – part 1: Session Co-chairs: Floor MELMAN (ESA), Evan ANZALONE (NASA)
13:30 – 13:40Session Introduction by session co-chairs
13:40 – 14:00Flight Experience and Results of the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), Joel Parker (NASA)
14:00 – 14:20Lunar Data Network PNT Systems Capability and Interfaces Status, Jason Leonard (Intuitive Machines)
14:20 – 14:40Towards a Sustainable Lunar Ecosystem: Bridging Technical
Developments to Policy Priorities in Lunar PNT, Toshihiro Shibukawa (ArkEdge Space)
14:40 – 15:00Lunar S-band Pseudolite System Architecture & User Equipment,
Ashish Shukla (ISRO) (virtual)
15:00 – 15:20Enabling Future Lunar Operations through PNT: A GMV User
Perspective, Danilo Forte (GMV)
15:45 – 16:05PNT Moon Surface Station: Performance Analysis and First
Demonstrations, Luca Canzian (Qascom)
16:05 – 16:25Inter-satellite-link-aided Collaborative Navigation and Time Transfer of a Lunar PNT Constellation, Pradipto Ghosh (JHU APL)
16:25 – 16:45Integrity monitoring strategies for LCNS users, Heiko Engwerda
(NLR)
16:45 – 17:05A simulator to compute interference from lunar surface wireless to lunar PNT; architecture and results, Jean-Luc Issler (CNES) (virtual)
17:05 – 17:25End-to-End Simulation Framework for LunaNet and Mars GPS-Like Signals for Software Receiver Assessment, Ricardo Verdeguer Moreno (Spirent)
17:25 – 17:3017:25 – 17:30 Day 3 Wrap-up
Day 4 (13 February 2026)
Session: Lunar PNT User/Test Equipment & Technology – part 2: Session Co-chairs: Floor MELMAN (ESA), Evan ANZALONE (NASA)
9:00 – 9:20GNSS Weak Signal-based Orbit Determination Practice and Cislunar Space Application Analysis, Biao Jin (Space Star Technology Co., Ltd.) (virtual)
9:20 – 9:40CesiumAstro 2026: Missions & Technologies, Dylan Pfeifer (Cesium)
9:40 – 10:00An optical clock on the Moon? Some key figures, Fabien Droz (Rolex Quantum)
10:00 – 10:20Miniature clocks for cislunar and lunar application – Upcoming
Technologies and Roadmap, Grégory Moura (Safran)
Roundtable Discussion and Outcomes
11:00 – 12:30Moderators: Leadership Team Members

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