ESA’s ‘Cubesat central’ for smaller missions into space
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 07:50
in Astronomy & Space
ESA has set up a dedicated unit to work on the standardised nanosatellites called ‘CubeSats’, teaming up with European companies to develop low-cost technology-testing missions. Missions in preparation include a double CubeSat to test rendezvous and docking techniques, and one to explore near-Earth asteroids.