NEA Scout

Near Earth Asteroid Scout

active Mission

NEA Scout was a CubeSat that flew as a secondary payload on Artemis I. Roughly the size of a large shoebox – it was to be propelled by a solar sail, and take pictures of a near-Earth asteroid. After launch, the project team was not able to communicate with the spacecraft.

Type

CubeSat

Launch

Nov. 16, 2022

Target

Asteroid 2020 GE

Objective

Study and photograph an asteroid
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