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Planetary Defense

GomSpace joins ESA’s RAMSES mission to study near-Earth asteroid using advanced cubesat technology

April 30, 2025

GomSpace is participating in the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES), an innovative initiative led by the European Space Agency (ESA). The contract value is EUR 900,000. This mission […]

Filed Under: Apophis Asteroid, Asteroids, Business Moves, Collaboration, Contracts, Cubesats, Deep Space, Deep Space Exploration, EMXYS (Spain), Europe, European Space Agency (ESA), Flyby, GomSpace, Initiative, Planetary Defense, Ramses Mission (ESA), smallsats, Space Exploration, Spain, System Engineering Support

ESA moves forward with OHB Italia for Apophis mission preparations

October 21, 2024

ESA has signed a contract with OHB Italia SpA worth €63 million to begin preparatory work on the Agency’s proposed Ramses mission to the infamous asteroid Apophis. On April 13, […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Customer Contracts, European Space Agency (ESA), OHB Italia S.p.A., Planetary Defense, Ramses Mission (ESA), Space Safety

Redwire enabling ESA’s 1st Planetary Defense Mission with onboard computer system

October 3, 2024

Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) is providing a critical onboard computer system for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, Europe’s inaugural flagship planetary defense mission. Hera is the European-led companion […]

Filed Under: Comet Interceptor Mission, Computer System, Computers, DART Mission (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), Hera Asteroid Mission, News, OHB Germany, On-Board Computer (OBC), Planetary Defense, Redwire, Redwire Space, Redwire Space NV

Tyvak International completes the Test Readiness Review of the Milani smallsat

December 17, 2023

Tyvak International — together with its project partners — have announced the successful achievement of the Test Readiness Review of the Milani spacecraft. A critical component of the Hera planetary […]

Filed Under: Asteroid Missions, Asteroids, Deep Space, European Space Agency (ESA), Hera Asteroid Mission, LEO, Milani (Tyvak Inte'l), Nanosatellite, Planetary Defense, SmallSat, Test Readienss Review, Tyvak International

ESA: Hera asteroid spacecraft assembled

August 24, 2023

Hera is complete — ESA’s asteroid mission for planetary defence was built and prepared in two halves, but now, through a painstaking operation, they have been mated together to make […]

Filed Under: Asteroid Missions, Asteroids, European Space Agency (ESA), Hera Asteroid Mission, OHB Breman, Planetary Defense, SmallSat, smallsats

UPDATE 2: NASA’s Hubble Spots twin tails in new image following the DART Impact

October 20, 2022

Two tails of dust ejected from the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system are seen in new images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, documenting the lingering aftermath of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Asteroids, Italian Space Agency, Johns Hopkins APL, Kinetic Impact, NASA, Planetary Defense, SmallSat Tagged With: Featured

SBIRS GEO-5 Operationally Accepted By The USSF After Exceeding On-Orbit Testing Expectations

February 7, 2022

The fifth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SBIRS GEO-5) satellite built by Lockheed Martin has been operationally accepted by the U.S. Space Force (USSF) less than a year […]

Filed Under: Constellation, Defense, Military, Planetary Defense, U.S. Space Command, U.S. Space Force Tagged With: Featured

NASA’s Next-Generation Asteroid Impact Monitoring System Goes Online

December 7, 2021

This diagram shows the orbits of 2,200 potentially hazardous objects as calculated by JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Highlighted is the orbit of the double asteroid Didymos, […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Asteroids, NASA / JPL, NEAs, Planetary Defense, Software

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