"LICIACube - the Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids" is a 6U CubeSat managed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) [1] that is part of DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), the first NASA space mission demonstrating the applicability of the kinetic impactor method for planetary defense [2]. With a mass of about 550 kg and an impact velocity of about 6.6 km/s, DART is expected to change the binary orbital period of the 160-m Dimorphos by about 10 minutes, an effect that can be easily measured by ground-based telescopes.In the framework of the AIDA (Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment) collaboration, the data obtained by DART and LICIACube will be combined with those obtained by the ESA Hera mission, that will be launched in 2024 and will rendez-vous with Didymos in 2027 for a deeper characterization of the binary system and of the effects of the DART impact.
LICIACube: the Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids in support to DART
A Rossi;
2022
Abstract
"LICIACube - the Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids" is a 6U CubeSat managed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) [1] that is part of DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), the first NASA space mission demonstrating the applicability of the kinetic impactor method for planetary defense [2]. With a mass of about 550 kg and an impact velocity of about 6.6 km/s, DART is expected to change the binary orbital period of the 160-m Dimorphos by about 10 minutes, an effect that can be easily measured by ground-based telescopes.In the framework of the AIDA (Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment) collaboration, the data obtained by DART and LICIACube will be combined with those obtained by the ESA Hera mission, that will be launched in 2024 and will rendez-vous with Didymos in 2027 for a deeper characterization of the binary system and of the effects of the DART impact.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
