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NanoAvionics MP42 satellite survives impact with object in orbit

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​[[{“value”:”Vilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Nov 03, 2024

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.
Despite this damage, the satellite continued performing its mission without interruption, a”}]]