[3] On November 29, 2018, ORBITBeyond was selected to bid robotic lander contracts from NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS).

Their aim is to create collaborative and scalable spacecraft exploration platforms to support commercial market growth in the cislunar space.

[11] It features a main engine that produces 440 N, and sixteen 22 N thrusters for finer orbital maneuvers and attitude control (orientation).

[14] One of the science payloads is the Lunar Ultraviolet Cosmic Imager, an 80 mm aperture telescope that will scan the sky in the near UV frequencies (200–320 nm) to look for transient sources.

ECA is a technology demonstrator tasked with visually exploring the vicinity of the landing site to a range of at least 500 m.[15] The vehicle is a solar powered electric 4-wheeled rover, its mass is less than 10 kg (22 lb), and its maximum drive speed is about 6 cm/s.