ESA’s GOMX-5 Satellite Targets Faster Commissioning for Collision Avoidance
An ESA-supported CubeSat launched on 1 October is testing whether a small satellite can prepare its electric propulsion system for potential collision-avoidance manoeuvres much faster than traditional commissioning procedures. GOMX-5, developed with Danish company GomSpace, flew aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission. The European Space Agency says the technology-demonstration mission is…