Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 4, 2015 #1 Share Posted November 4, 2015 CubeSat companions for ESA’s asteroid mission 2 November 2015 The five CubeSat concepts to be studied to accompany ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission into deep space have been selected.The ideas being looked at include taking a close-up look at the composition of the asteroid surface, measuring the gravity field, assessing the dust and ejecta plumes created during a collision, and landing a CubeSat for seismic monitoring. The Asteroid Impact Mission, or AIM, undergoing detailed design ahead of a final go/no-go decision by ESA’s Ministerial Council in December 2016, is a deep-space technology-demonstration mission that would also be humanity’s first probe to rendezvous with a double asteroid. Read more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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