Terran Orbital’s Milani Satellite Delivered to the European Space Agency for Hera Mission
19 Mars 2024 - 11:30AM
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Protecting Earth from Asteroid Threats
Tyvak International SRL (“Tyvak International”), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) and a leading
European nano and microsatellite manufacturer based in Torino,
Italy, today announced that they have completed the formal delivery
of the Hera Milani satellite to the European Space Agency. For this
historical event, a ceremony was held on March 14th at Tyvak
International’s premises in Torino, Italy.
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Ian Carnelli, Hera’s Project Manager for the European Space
Agency attended the delivery event together with the Italian Space
Agency, the Milani development team, and numerous local and
international dignitaries.
Hera Milani is a nanosatellite funded by Italy and developed by
Tyvak International for the European Space Agency, devoted to the
visual inspection and dust detection of the Didymos asteroid
following DART impact. As one of the first ESA’s deep-space
nanosatellites, Milani will be launched aboard ESA’s Hera
mothercraft in 2024 and will travel for hundreds of thousands of
kilometers to reach the asteroid. Milani will be the first
nanosatellites ever to orbit an asteroid.
Tyvak International is responsible for Milani’s design, build
testing, and mission operations. This exceptional development has
been carried forward together with the valuable support of
companies, entities and universities from Italy, Finland and Czech
Republic: Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino, ALTEC,
Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali, Istituto Nazionale di
Astrofisica, VTT, HULD, Brno University of Technology, KUVA Space,
University of Helsinki, and the Institute of Geology of the Czech
Academy of Sciences.
“This is a paramount achievement for Tyvak International,”
Margherita Cardi [Tyvak International VP Programs and Milani
Program Manager] said. “Milani is now ready to be delivered to ESA
and undergo the system tests with Hera, to ensure the validation of
the interfaces and the end-to-end communication prior to the
launch. The journey is not over, but we are a step closer to
Didymos, and it was a real honor to host the ceremony allowing all
those who contributed to this amazing project to celebrate
together.”
Ian Carnelli, HERA ESA project manager said, “ESA’s first
deep-space CubeSat was developed in record time by an incredible
team. ESA is extremely impressed by the skills, motivation, and
commitment of Tyvak International. We are eager to see the
spacecraft in action and help us unveil the many mysteries around
the Didymos asteroid system.”
The Italian Space Agency and European Space Agency decided to
dedicate the Mission to Prof. Andrea Milani, who passed away in
2018. Special guest Franco Ongaro [Chief Space Officer of Leonardo
and former ESA Director] said, “When Prof. Milani proposed the Don
Quijote concept to ESA we were only dreaming of protecting future
generations from potential asteroid impacts. Today we are writing a
page of Space history, science-fiction has become reality. Even
more, innovative and miniaturized systems are pushing reality
further, Milani as we saw it today was not even conceivable in
2003!”
The Tyvak International team will support the next system level
testing phase in ESTEC, in view of the launch planned for October
2024. Learn more about the MILANI satellite specifically created
for the European Space Agency by Tyvak International in Torino.
About Tyvak International
Tyvak International SRL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terran
Orbital Corporation, is a leading European nano and microsatellite
provider, based in Torino, Italy. A front runner in miniaturization
and specialized in mission development for commercial and
institutional customers, Tyvak International has launched 10
missions, most of them still in nominal operations through the
Mission Control Center in Torino. Learn more at www.tyvak.eu.
About Terran Orbital
Terran Orbital (NYSE: LLAP), is a leading manufacturer of
satellites primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries.
Terran Orbital provides end-to-end satellite solutions by combining
satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations,
and on-orbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding
military, civil, and commercial customers. Learn more at
www.terranorbital.com.
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