CONTENTS

Report ITU-R RA.2574-0
Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
 1 Introduction
 2 Concepts and designs for lunar radio astronomy missions
        2.1     Radio-wave Observations at the Lunar Surface of the photoElectron Sheath (ROLSES)     4
        2.2     Farside Array for Radio Science Investigation of the Dark ages and Exoplanets (FARSIDE)     5
        2.3 Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) 5
        2.4     FarView    5
        2.5     Lunar Surface Electromagnetic Experiment (LuSEE) 6
        2.6     TSUKUYOMI 6
        2.7     Astronomical Lunar Observatory and Dark Ages EXplorer  6
        2.8     Chinese Lunar Low Frequency Radio Astronomy Experiments  7
        2.9     Orbiting Low Frequency Antennas for Radio Astronomy (OLFAR) 7
       2.10     Lunar Farside Transient and Technology Telescope (LFT3) 7
       2.11     Cosmic Background Radio Astronomy eXplorer (CobraX) 8
 3 Preferred locations for lunar radio astronomy
        3.1     The Shielded Zone of the Moon   8
        3.2     Lunar South Pole and other regions  9
        3.3     Lunar Coordinate Systems and Reference Frames  9
 4 Frequency usage by RAS and operational mission support in the lunar environment
        4.1     Frequency bands used for science operations  10
        4.2     Frequency bands used for operational mission support and data transfer rates  10
 5 Summary
 6 Related ITU-R Recommendations/Reports
 7 Abbreviations/Glossary