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| Titel |
The Asteroid Geophysical Explorer (AGEX); A proposal to explore Didymos system using Cubesats |
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Ozgur Karatekin, David Mimoun, Naomi Murdoch, Marshall Eubanks, José Carrasco, Hugues Vasseur, Alexandre Cadu, Birgit Ritter, Michel van Ruymbeke, Raphael Garcia, Javier Garcia de Quiros, Charles Radley, Veronique Dehant |
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EGU General Assembly 2016
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 18 (2016) |
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250136125
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2016-17097.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| We present a novel concept for ESA’s CubeSat Opportunity Payload Intersatellite Network Sensors (COPINS) planned to be deployed from the ESA AIM spacecraft at the Didymos System: the Asteroid Geophysical Explorer (AGEX). AGEX includes two 3-U CubeSats with geophysical packages that will land on the surface of Didymoon. These geophysical packages will work in synergy on the secondary’s surface to fulfil a rich set of scientific and technological mission goals. This includes the measurement of mass during the ballistic descent, and determination of dynamical state, local gravity, geophysical surface properties and sub-surface structure following the landing. As a secondary objective, the assessment of the DART impact on the asteroid dynamical properties will be performed. AGEX will help AIM to meet its science and technology objectives, and will demonstrate the benefits of the deployment of a network of sensors while simultaneously developing technology of relevance to future ESA missions. |
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