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Discovery stage for mission to asteroid



Asteroid Apophis courtesy: NASA
Asteroid Apophis courtesy: NASA


This asteroid is a near earth asteroid (NEA) that has one of the lowest Delta-Vs.


The Delta-V to get there from low earth orbit is 4.764 km/s.


is it possible to design a 6u cubesat to get there with a small ion thruster?


Time for discovery!


 
 
 

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