LICIACube (Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroid) is a 6U CubeSat project led by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), to be carried by NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission to the Didymos binary asteroid system. The DART mission objectives are to measure the change in momentum of Didymos secondary (informally called Didymoon) after the impact, characterize the asteroid composition, and increase the knowledge of the system physical parameters in order to assess the performance of the asteroid deflection strategy. The main goal of LICIACube is to support DART mission goals by taking images of the impact effects on the surface and the generated ejecta plume. LICIACube will be deployed from DART in proximity of the target, before the impact, and will perform an autonomous fly-by of Didymos. This paper offers an overview of the LICIACube project status, science objectives and technological challenges.


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    Title :

    LICIACube, the Italian Witness of DART Impact on Didymos


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    Publication date :

    2019-06-01


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    965755 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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