GomSpace to design world´s first stand-alone nanosatellite asteroid rendezvous mission Read more
(WorldNews Sweden)

GomSpace`s subsidiary in Luxembourg and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a contract of EUR 400.000 for the Phase A design of the Miniaturised Asteroid Remote Geophysical Observer (M-ARGO) mission. Under the contract GomSpace will be in charge of preliminary design of the mission, spacecraft and implementation planning. A `12U` CubeSat spacecraft configuration is envisioned for the mission, packing in beyond state-of-the-art advancements in miniaturised technologies including communication, instrumentation, electric propulsion and operational autonomy to be demonstrated in the deep space environment. Expected launch of the mission is in 2023, subject to funding of the...