The ESA Hera mission: detailed characterization of the DART impact outcome and of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos

P Michel, M Küppers, AC Bagatin, B Carry… - The planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Hera is a planetary defense mission under development in the Space Safety and Security
Program of the European Space Agency for launch in 2024 October. It will rendezvous in …

LICIACube-the Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids in support of the NASA DART mission towards asteroid (65803) Didymos

E Dotto, V Della Corte, M Amoroso, I Bertini… - Planetary and Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract “LICIACube–the Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids” is managed by the
Italian Space Agency (ASI) and will be part of the NASA DART mission, with the aim of i) …

AIDA DART asteroid deflection test: Planetary defense and science objectives

AF Cheng, AS Rivkin, P Michel, J Atchison… - Planetary and Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is an international
cooperation between NASA and ESA. NASA plans to provide the Double Asteroid …

European component of the AIDA mission to a binary asteroid: Characterization and interpretation of the impact of the DART mission

P Michel, M Kueppers, H Sierks, I Carnelli… - Advances in Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
The European component of the joint ESA-NASA Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment
(AIDA) mission has been redesigned from the original version called Asteroid Impact …

Trajectory options for hera's milani cubesat around (65803) didymos

F Ferrari, V Franzese, M Pugliatti, C Giordano… - The Journal of the …, 2021 - Springer
The dynamical environment in the close-proximity of small celestial bodies is characterized
by a very weak and irregular gravity field. In this low-acceleration deep-space environment …

Updated Europa gravity field and interior structure from a reanalysis of Galileo tracking data

LG Casajus, M Zannoni, D Modenini, P Tortora… - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
The Galileo radio tracking data were reanalysed exploiting the new knowledge of Jupiter
obtained by the Juno mission, together with modern orbit determination techniques …

The gravity field and interior structure of Dione

M Zannoni, D Hemingway, LG Casajus, P Tortora - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
During its mission in the Saturn system, Cassini performed five close flybys of Dione. During
three of them, radio tracking data were collected during the closest approach, allowing …

[HTML][HTML] The hera radio science experiment at didymos

E Gramigna, RL Manghi, M Zannoni, P Tortora… - Planetary and Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Hera represents the European Space Agency's inaugural planetary defense space
mission and plays a pivotal role in the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment …

Measurability of the Heliocentric Momentum Enhancement from a Kinetic Impact: The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission

R Makadia, SR Chesley, D Farnocchia… - The Planetary …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has demonstrated the
capability of successfully conducting kinetic impact-based asteroid deflection missions. The …

DustCube, a nanosatellite mission to binary asteroid 65803 Didymos as part of the ESA AIM mission

F Perez, D Modenini, A Vázquez, F Aguado… - Advances in Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanosatellites are a promising option for the exploration of the solar system and near-Earth
objects, providing an agile, reduced cost and mass solution for interplanetary missions. This …