TY - JOUR
T1 - The MILO Space Science Institute
T2 - 71st International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2020
AU - Bell, J. F.
AU - Papsidero, L.
AU - Linn, T.
AU - Gabriel, T. S.J.
AU - Smas, S.
AU - Thomas, D.
AU - Levin, L.
AU - Champion, L.
AU - Reddy, V.
AU - Trilling, D. E.
N1 - Funding Information: 9.1. Funding: This work was supported by internal research and development funding from Arizona State University and Lockheed Martin Space. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 International Astronautical Federation, IAF. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - More than 20,000 Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) have been catalogued to date, representing a diverse population of sizes, compositions, densities, and solar system origins. Although none of these asteroids and comets pose a threat to our planet in the foreseeable future, roughly 10% of these bodies have been classified as Potentially Hazardous Objects (PHO), meaning that they could have the potential to impact the Earth in the future. The MILO Space Science Institute, a non-profit deep space mission collaboration between Arizona State University, Lockheed Martin, and GEOShare, is planning two SmallSat missions to provide new scientific and Planetary Defense knowledge about NEOs: NEOShare and Apophis Pathfinder. NEOShare would deploy six SmallSats to perform close flybys of up to eight NEOs as they pass close to the Earth, substantially expanding the diversity of NEOs that have been characterized by spacecraft. Apophis Pathfinder would consist of two SmallSats that perform the first-ever close flyby of PHO (99942) Apophis several years before its extremely close Earth encounter in 2029. This mission would provide initial reconnaissance data that could help to inform and optimize other missions being designed to encounter that asteroid before, during, and after its 2029 Earth flyby. Both missions would be equipped with dedicated propulsion, communications, power, and other critical subsystems, and include scientific payloads consisting of cameras, spectrometers, or other heritage SmallSat instrumentation. Participation in these missions by MILO Institute members would enable opportunities for payload and spacecraft teaming, data processing and analytics, scientific discoveries, P.I. training, and mission-related workforce development.
AB - More than 20,000 Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) have been catalogued to date, representing a diverse population of sizes, compositions, densities, and solar system origins. Although none of these asteroids and comets pose a threat to our planet in the foreseeable future, roughly 10% of these bodies have been classified as Potentially Hazardous Objects (PHO), meaning that they could have the potential to impact the Earth in the future. The MILO Space Science Institute, a non-profit deep space mission collaboration between Arizona State University, Lockheed Martin, and GEOShare, is planning two SmallSat missions to provide new scientific and Planetary Defense knowledge about NEOs: NEOShare and Apophis Pathfinder. NEOShare would deploy six SmallSats to perform close flybys of up to eight NEOs as they pass close to the Earth, substantially expanding the diversity of NEOs that have been characterized by spacecraft. Apophis Pathfinder would consist of two SmallSats that perform the first-ever close flyby of PHO (99942) Apophis several years before its extremely close Earth encounter in 2029. This mission would provide initial reconnaissance data that could help to inform and optimize other missions being designed to encounter that asteroid before, during, and after its 2029 Earth flyby. Both missions would be equipped with dedicated propulsion, communications, power, and other critical subsystems, and include scientific payloads consisting of cameras, spectrometers, or other heritage SmallSat instrumentation. Participation in these missions by MILO Institute members would enable opportunities for payload and spacecraft teaming, data processing and analytics, scientific discoveries, P.I. training, and mission-related workforce development.
KW - Apophis
KW - Asteroids
KW - MILO space science institute
KW - Near-Earth Objects
KW - SmallSat
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M3 - Conference article
SN - 0074-1795
VL - 2020-October
JO - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
JF - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
Y2 - 12 October 2020 through 14 October 2020
ER -