EarthNext is a 16U CubeSat mission, in the framework of ASI ALCOR program, developed by Officina Stellare as prime contractor, that aims at the in-orbit demonstration of VLEO operations for multispectral imaging of the Earth, for land and marine applications. EarthNext preliminary design, with focus on development and testing activities of breadboards for critical/enabling technologies is presented, together with perspectives for the upcoming critical design, verification, launch and commissioning phases.


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    Title :

    Preliminary design and perspectives of the EarthNext CubeSat mission for Earth observation from very-low-Earth orbit


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    Conference:

    Small Satellites Systems and Services Symposium (4S 2024) ; 2024 ; Palma de Mallorca, Spain


    Published in:

    Proc. SPIE ; 13546


    Publication date :

    2025-03-20





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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