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REMORA: A Swarm of Autonomous CubeSats to Tag and Track Asteroids
Key Takeaways
- REMORA is a mission concept for a fleet of six autonomous CubeSats to tag and characterize near-Earth asteroids.
- The mission is proposed for the UK Space Agency's 2035 Space Frontiers programme with a €50M budget.
- Each CubeSat would attach to or closely orbit an asteroid, using autonomous navigation software called NEAR.
- The UK's Zero-G Astrolab will be used for hardware-in-the-loop testing of the CubeSats.
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