PROCYON update: Asteroid 2000 DP107 target selected, ion engine stopped

PROCYON (PRoximate Object Close flYby with Optical Navigation) is a microsatellite that launched on December 3 as a secondary payload with Hayabusa 2. The mission has now selected their asteroid flyby target -- a binary asteroid named 2000 DP107 -- but is reporting a problem with their ion engines.



from Planetary Society Blog http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/04131009-procyon-update.html

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