ESA's Juventas CubeSat will carry a tiny instrument called GRAvimeter for Small Solar System Bodies (GRASS) to study the asteroid’s gravity.
The instrument, which was built by the Royal Observatory of Belgium in collaboration with the Spanish company EMXYS, was tested at the ESA's Mechanical Systems Laboratory.
“We’re very happy with its endurance during the test campaign. We will now follow up with a full integrity test to ensure it has sustained no damage during the testing, after which it will be passed to the GomSpace company in Luxembourg for integration aboard Juventas,” said Jose Carrasco, overseeing the instruments at EMXYS.The instrument will land on Dimorphos' surface to directly measure its gravity level.
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