The European Space Agency (ESA) is going to gaze inside an asteroid with radar for the first time.
, mineral surveys and internal radar analysis. That radar analysis will be handled by the Juventas CubeSat.
The Juventas radar system will be the smallest radar system to ever fly in space. Developed at the Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble and at the University Grenoble Alpes, in France, it was recently delivered to ESA for Juventas integration. JuRa is not much larger than a Rubik's cube, but packs the power of a fully-fledged radar system. Once in orbit around Dimorphos, JuRa will be capable of scanning to depths of nearly 330 feet inside the asteroid's 525-foot diameter.
The transfer of JuRa for spacecraft installment is a"definite milestone," says JuRa's principal investigator from IPAG Alain Hérique.
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