Mini-radar for asteroid CubeSat
Published Date: 10/31/2022
Source: phys.org
This 10-cm box will make history as the smallest radar instrument to be flown in space—and the very first radar to probe the interior of an asteroid. Its target? The Dimorphos asteroid, which on the night of 26 September had its orbit diverted and a vast 10,000 km plume sent out into space by collision with NASA's DART mission.