Mission record
LICIACube
Also known as Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids
Italian Space Agency (ASI) · Launched
Explore trajectoryCompleted · Success
LICIACube was a small spacecraft contributed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) that split from DART before its impact with Dimorphos. It captured images of the impact and ejecta, and ASI reported that it successfully accomplished its goals.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- SpaceX Falcon 9
- Launch site
- Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
- Countries
- Italy
- Mission types
- Flyby
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
LICIACube · Spacecraft
Destinations: Dimorphos
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 4, 2026
- LICIACube flies with DART towards the asteroid. An Italian special envoy to the deep space - ASI — OTHERMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Didymos & Dimorphos - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- LICIACube: press conference with the first images of the probe’s impact with the asteroid, captured by the Italian satellite - ASI — OTHERMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) - NASA Science — NASAMission page · Supports: destination/body context
- Planetary defence mission Hera heading for deflected asteroid - ESA — ESAMission page · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context