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| Mission type | Asteroids flyby | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | University of Colorado Boulder, NASA | ||||||
| Mission duration | TBD | ||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||
| Spacecraft | Janus Serenity and Mayhem | ||||||
| Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin | ||||||
| Launch mass | 36 kg (×2)[1] | ||||||
| Power | 2 solar arrays and batteries[2] | ||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||
| Launch date | TBD | ||||||
| Rocket | TBD | ||||||
| Launch site | TBD | ||||||
| Contractor | TBD | ||||||
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Janus was a planned NASA mission that would have sent dual space probes to visit asteroids chosen prior to launch.[3] The mission was part of NASA's SIMPLEx program and was expected to be launched in 2022 as a secondary payload on Falcon Heavy together with the Psyche spacecraft, but it was removed due to delays with Psyche.[4] The mission budget was limited to US$55 million.[5]
The mission was cancelled in July 2023 and both spacecraft were placed into long-term storage.[6]
- ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details".
- ^ "Janus A, B (SIMPLEx 3)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ "NASA Continues Psyche Asteroid Mission". JPL. NASA. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NASA20200910was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "NASA to Store Janus Spacecraft, Mission to Study Asteroid Systems – Janus". blogs.nasa.gov. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.