Name | NEA-Scout (Near Earth Asteroid Scout, NEA SCOUT) |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 6U |
Status | not launched, expected in 2022 |
Organisation | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
Institution | Space agency |
Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
Nation | US |
Oneliner | Rendezvous with an asteroid using solar sail and gather detailed imagery. |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
Keywords | Solar sail, Propulsion, Beyond Earth orbit |
Last modified: 2021-12-27
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