A nanolander for a space mission to an active asteroid in the main belt

Ho, T.M. and Kührt, Ekkehard and Zhang, X.J. and Auster, U. and Biele, J. and Grott, Matthias and Grundmann, Jan Thimo and He, H. and Hördt, A. and Huang, J.C. and Ma, T. and Mottola, Stefano and Otto, Katharina A. and Plettemeier, Dirk and Qin, L. and Rubin, M. and Schmitz, Nicole and Ulamec, Stephan and Vincent, Jean-Baptiste (2023) A nanolander for a space mission to an active asteroid in the main belt. Acta Astronautica. Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.08.024. ISSN 0094-5765.

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Abstract

A nanolander (CALICUT) with a total mass of about 10 kg was proposed in response to the CNSA (China National Space Administration) Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for an Asteroid Exploration Mission (AEM) by a joint European-Chinese team to operate on an active asteroid in the main belt. CALICUT is a further development of the MASCOT lander that flew on the HAYABUSA2 mission to asteroid Ryugu. The nanolander was designed with mobility and autonomy capabilities. It will be able to operate for at least 6 weeks to measure the physical, morphological and compositional properties of the target. The data can be used to derive answers to scientific questions, such as what drives activity on active asteroids, and identify similarities and differences betweenwith inactive asteroids and classical comets. CALICUT carries a payload of four scientific instruments with a total mass of about 2 kg to provide unique measurements that can only be done directly on the surface.

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https://elib.dlr.de/197000/

Document Type:

Article

Title:

A nanolander for a space mission to an active asteroid in the main belt

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Ho, T.M.	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3378-3227	144722369
Kührt, Ekkehard	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Zhang, X.J.	China Academy of Aerospace and Innovation, Beijing, 100176, China	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Auster, U.	TU Braunschweig	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Biele, J.	DLR, Köln	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Grott, Matthias	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-7096	UNSPECIFIED
Grundmann, Jan Thimo	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
He, H.	Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Hördt, A.	TU Braunschweig, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Huang, J.C.	China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, 100094 China	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ma, T.	Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Mottola, Stefano	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0457-3872	UNSPECIFIED
Otto, Katharina A.	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0675-1177	UNSPECIFIED
Plettemeier, Dirk	Technische Universität Dresden, Professur für Hochfrequenztechnik, Würzburger Str. 35, D-01187 Dresden, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Qin, L.	School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Rubin, M.	Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Schmitz, Nicole	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6481-6189	UNSPECIFIED
Ulamec, Stephan	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8856-4622	UNSPECIFIED
Vincent, Jean-Baptiste	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6575-3079	142101432

Date:

27 August 2023

Journal or Publication Title:

Acta Astronautica

Refereed publication:

Yes

Open Access:

Gold Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

DOI:

10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.08.024

Editors:

Editors	Email	Editor's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
Chern, Rock Jeng-Shing	York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Publisher:

Elsevier

ISSN:

0094-5765

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Nano-size lander, MASCOT heritage, Main Belt Asteroid, Exploration

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space System Technology

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R SY - Space System Technology

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Project Mascot (Bus)

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof , Bremen , Köln-Porz

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Space Systems > Systems Engineering and Project Office
Institute of Optical Sensor Systems
Institute of Planetary Research
Space Operations and Astronaut Training > User center for space experiments (MUSC)

Deposited By:

Ho, Tra-Mi

Deposited On:

11 Sep 2023 10:05

Last Modified:

18 Oct 2023 13:25

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