NanoAvionics Satellite Suffers Space Debris Impact, Selfie Image Shows Damage

TBMG-53269

06/01/2025

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Our MP42 satellite, which launched into low Earth orbit (LEO) two and a half years ago aboard the SpaceX Transporter-4 mission, recently took an unexpected hit from a small piece of space debris or micrometeoroid. The impact created a 6 mm hole, roughly the size of a chickpea, in one of its solar panels.

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"NanoAvionics Satellite Suffers Space Debris Impact, Selfie Image Shows Damage," Mobility Engineering, June 1, 2025.
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Jun 01
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TBMG-53269
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English