ESA and GomSpace sign contract addendum for continued development on the Juventas CubeSat in support of the Hera mission
GomSpace A/S and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed an addendum to continue development of the Juventas CubeSat in support of the Hera mission. The contract value is EUR 1,165,000 and the focus is on developing the nanosatellite payloads and maturing the mission and spacecraft designs. The amount will be divided between several partners, whereof GomSpace’s share is EUR 295,000.
The Hera mission is part of the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) international collaboration together with the NASA DART mission and it will travel to the binary asteroid system, Didymos.