NEA Scout
Near Earth Asteroid Scout
NEA Scout was a CubeSat that flew as a secondary payload on Artemis I. Roughly the size of a large shoebox – it was to be propelled by a solar sail, and take pictures of a near-Earth asteroid. After launch, the project team was not able to communicate with the spacecraft.
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