Ramses, orRapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety, is a proposedEuropean Space Agency (ESA) mission to anear-Earth asteroid99942 Apophis. If approved, it is expected to be launched in April 2028 and to arrive at Apophis in February 2029 before its closest approach to Earth. It will conduct multiple measurements of the asteroid's properties, to study possible response in case such an asteroid would be on a collision course with Earth.[1][2][3][clarification needed] Ramses mission will leverage much of the technology developed for theHera mission. At the asteroid, Ramses will deploy two smallerCubeSats.[4]
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