Near-Earth Asteroid Scout Solar-Sail CubeSat
NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout was a 6U CubeSat launched on Artemis I in 2022 to demonstrate solar-sail propulsion and perform reconnaissance of near-Earth asteroid 2020 GE; the project team could not establish communications after launch, so the planned flyby did not occur.
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Identity
- Aliases
- NEA ScoutNear Earth Asteroid ScoutNear-Earth Asteroid ScoutNEA Scout spacecraft6U solar-sail CubeSat
- Family Name
- NEA Scout
- Full Name
- Near-Earth Asteroid Scout Solar-Sail CubeSat
- Roles
- interplanetary_proberesearchtechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout was a 6U CubeSat launched on Artemis I in 2022 to demonstrate solar-sail propulsion and perform reconnaissance of near-Earth asteroid 2020 GE; the project team could not establish communications after launch, so the planned flyby did not occur.
- First Flight Year
- 2,022
- Last Flight Year
- 2,022
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/nea-scout/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:26:22 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 05:26:22 UTC