RAMSES Program
ESA’s Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES) is a planned planetary-defence mission to rendezvous with near-Earth asteroid Apophis before its exceptionally close Earth flyby in April 2029. ESA leads the mission under its Space Safety Programme, while JAXA contributes solar-array and thermal-infrared hardware and the H3 launch, enabling joint characterization of Apophis and its response to planetary tides.
Identity
- Aliases
- RAMSESRapid Apophis Mission for Space SafetyRamses Apophis Mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- RAMSES Program
- Status
- planned
- Types
- explorationsciencedevelopment
Details
- Description
- ESA’s Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES) is a planned planetary-defence mission to rendezvous with near-Earth asteroid Apophis before its exceptionally close Earth flyby in April 2029. ESA leads the mission under its Space Safety Programme, while JAXA contributes solar-array and thermal-infrared hardware and the H3 launch, enabling joint characterization of Apophis and its response to planetary tides.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- Start Date
- 2028
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:19:04 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:19:04 UTC