LICIACube

Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids is a six-unit CubeSat of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). LICIACube is a part of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission and carries out observational analysis of the Didymos asteroid binary system after DART's impact on Dimorphos. It communicates directly with Earth, sending back images of the ejecta and plume of DART's impact as well as having done asteroidal study during its flyby of the Didymos system from a distance of 56.7 km (35.2 mi), 165 seconds after DART's impact. LICIACube is the first purely Italian autonomous spacecraft in deep space. Data archiving and processing is managed by the Mission Control Center of Argotec. Its mission ended in the autumn of 2022.

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Dart Spacecraft in Launch Configuration

Dart header 2 (1) Clopped-LICIACube

Dart header 2 (1) (cropped) (cropped)

Dart header 2 (1) (cropped)

LICIACube CubeSat a companion satellite of Dart Spacecraft

LICIACube CubeSat integrating on Dart Spacecraft

LICIACube CubeSat integrated on Dart Spacecraft

Dart header 2 (1)

Dart header 2 (1)

Infographic showing the effect of DART's impact on the orbit of Didymos B while deployment of italian LICIACube

• LICIACube – the Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroid onboad DART - scientific article published on 21 July 2021

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
incident	incident		[[1]]		Wikidata
commons	image		Dart Spacecraft in Launch Configuration		Commons
commons	image		Dart header 2 (1) Clopped-LICIACube		Commons
commons	image		Dart header 2 (1) (cropped) (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Dart header 2 (1) (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		LICIACube CubeSat a companion satellite of Dart Spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		LICIACube CubeSat integrating on Dart Spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		LICIACube CubeSat integrated on Dart Spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		Dart header 2 (1)		Commons
commons	image		Dart header 2 (1)		Commons
commons	image		Infographic showing the effect of DART's impact on the orbit of Didymos B while deployment of italian LICIACube		Commons