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Juventas
Juventas [ESA]
The Juventas probe is a 6U CubeSat mission to perform low-frequency radar for subsurface sounding as well as a gravimetry measurements of both asteroids' gravity fields in the binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos / Dimorphos.
It will also perform radio science measurements and measure the forces involved in its concluding landing on the smaller of the two asteroids, at the end of its month-long mission.
Juventas is planned to launch with Hera in October 2024 and rendezvous with asteroid Didymos in 2026. It was baselined for an Ariane-62 Astris launch, but in October 2022 a SpaceX Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) was selected.
| Nation: | Europe |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Asteroid flyby |
| Operator: | ESA |
| Contractors: | GomSpace |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (6U) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
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| Orbit: | heliocentric |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juventas | - | 2024 | Ko ELV | Ariane-62 Astris (baselined) | with Hera, Milani |
