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ESA Taps Spain’s EMXYS to Build €10M Don Quijote Asteroid Lander
The European Space Agency has awarded Spanish satellite manufacturer EMXYS a contract to build a small lander that will attempt to touch down on the surface of an asteroid ahead of its close encounter with Earth. Apophis, the asteroid in question, will pass within 32,000 kilometres of Earth’s surface, closer than the geostationary satellites orbiting […] The post ESA Taps Spain’s EMXYS to Build €10M Don Quijote Asteroid Lander appeared first on European Spaceflight.— European Spaceflight
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