Milani

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Hera
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Date: 10/7/2024

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: interplanetary
Altitude: -18,089 km
Inclination: 34.2 deg
Dry Mass: 12 kg
Total Mass: 12 kg

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Mentions

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

Milani is equipped with a hyperspectral imager and a dust analyzer to perform mineral prospecting of the asteroid surface.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Dec 4, 2023Small but mighty companies working on ESA’s planetary defense mission

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Hera will carry two smallsats named Juventas and Milani, which are Europe’s first deep-space CubeSats.

Juventas and Milani will gather data on the asteroid Dimorphos and test new intersatellite link technology.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Aug 24, 2023ESA: Hera asteroid spacecraft assembled

Milani's secondary payload is VISTA (Volatile In-Situ Thermogravimeter Analyzer), which can detect dust particles smaller than 5-10 micrometers in water and will monitor molecular contamination around the satellite.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission

Tyvak International is responsible for the design, build, and mission operations of the Milani spacecraft.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission

The Hera planetary defense mission will include Milani as a critical component and will perform a detailed post-impact survey of the target asteroid, Dimorphos.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission

Milani is a companion small satellite to the Hera spacecraft and will be released in proximity to the asteroid.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.8Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission

Milani's main instrument, ASPECT, is a hyperspectral imager that will survey the asteroid's surface with a maximum resolution of one meter.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission

Milani will be the first deep-space small satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) and will also be the first small satellite to orbit an asteroid.

PlanGeneralValue 3.5Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission

Tyvak International is coordinating a team of 12 entities for the Milani mission as the prime contractor for the European Space Agency.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.2Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission

Tyvak International Terran Orbital Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary, Tyvak International SRL, has achieved full Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Milani spacecraft.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission

On 2022-06-21 in Turin, Italy, Tyvak International SRL together with its partners achieved full Critical Design Review of the Milani spacecraft.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.8Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International, a Terran Orbital Company, Completes Critical Design Review of Deep Space Bound Milani Satellite

Laser reflectors on Milani will enable unprecedented gravity field measurements of the asteroid in conjunction with Hera's laser range finder.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.8Jun 21, 2022Tyvak International completes the CDR of the deep space bound Milani smallsat in support of the ESA’s Hera mission