#donquijote — Public Fediverse posts

#ESA:
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Surface CubeSat contracted for Ramses asteroid mission
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".. contracted Spanish company EMXYS for the first CubeSat designed to operate on the surface of an asteroid. Don Quijote is a shoebox-sized spacecraft that will be deployed onto the Apophis asteroid by ESA’s Ramses mission before the asteroid flies by Earth on 13 April 2029. .."

https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/Surface_CubeSat_contracted_for_Ramses_asteroid_mission

2.7.2026

#Apophis #Asteroid #Cubesat #DonQuijote #EMXYS #GRASS #MARIE #Ramses #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SIA #SpaceFlight

The European Space Agency has contracted Spanish company EMXYS for the first CubeSat designed to operate on the surface of an asteroid: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/Surface_CubeSat_contracted_for_Ramses_asteroid_mission - #DonQuijote is a shoebox-sized spacecraft that will be deployed onto the #Apophis asteroid by ESA’s #Ramses mission before the asteroid flies by Earth on 13 April 2029.

#DLR:
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Mission RAMSES: RPS und MARIE untersuchen den Durchflug von Asteroid Apophis durch die Magnetosphäre der Erde
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".. RAMSES-Raumsonde ist ein Nachbau der Hera-Mission der ESA – mit kleineren Änderungen .. wird RAMSES .. zwei Kleinsatelliten, die CubeSats „Farinella“ und „Don Quijote“, auswerfen. ,,"

https://www.dlr.de/de/blog/archiv/2026/rps-und-marie-untersuchen-asteroid-apophis

6.2.2026

#Apophis #CubeSat #DonQuijote #Farinella #IGEP #IRF #JAXA #Magnetfeld #Magnetosphäre #Magson #MARIE #MPS #RAMSES #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #RPS #SpaceFlight

🗓 Efeméride: 16 de enero de 1605.

📚 Hoy celebramos la publicación de "El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha" en Madrid. La obra maestra de Miguel de Cervantes revolucionó la literatura universal y sigue inspirando a lectores de todo el mundo.

#DonQuijote #Cervantes #Literatura #Historia #ahEfeméride