ESA Awards OHB a €63M Contract for Ramses Planetary Defence Mission
The European Space Agency has awarded OHB Italia an initial contract worth €63 million to develop the Ramses mission, which will study an asteroid during its close approach to Earth. In April 2029, the asteroid Apophis will pass within 32,000 kilometres of Earth’s surface. At this distance, it will come closer than many geostationary satellites. […]
Published by European Spaceflight on 10/18/2024
