Tsinghua University student team develops low-cost satellite to study asteroid Apophis in 2029
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Andrew Jones
Summary
A student-led team of over 20 undergraduates at Tsinghua University in China is developing the START (Student-led Threatening Asteroid Reconnaissance of Tsinghua) mission, a low-cost smallsat designed to study the asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029. The mission will join international efforts to observe the asteroid, which will pass within 32,000 kilometers of Earth. The spacecraft will perform a high-speed flyby, collecting data on Apophis's composition, structure, and behavior during the encounter. The project emphasizes hands-on education for students while contributing to planetary defense research.
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The spacecraft will join international missions to study the asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth in 2029.
The mission trajectory shows the spacecraft's orbit-raising phase and high-speed flyby of Apophis at closest approach.
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