Gedex Inc.

$600,000.00 CAD

≈ 8 Canadians' average pay for a year

Department: Canadian Space Agency
Program: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2014-2015
Agreement period: January 13, 2015 – —
Reference: csa-asc:003-2014-2015-Q4-02206

Published purpose

This project entitled ""Vector Gravimeter for Asteroids (VEGA) Prototype Instrument Development and Flight Test"" is to develop and test-fly an instrument that could explore the surface of asteroids – the Vector Gravimeter for Asteroids (VEGA). Very accurate measurements of the gravity force vector on the surface of an asteroid would provide answers on asteroid and solar system formation and help locate deposits of valuable minerals such as water ice, which are of interest to several commercial asteroid mining companies. This instrument is designed to be compatible with very small, low-cost exploration spacecraft.

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