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Asteroid Apophis Mission Details Released

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The Ramses mission is planned to travel to asteroid Apophis. The asteroid has a diameter of 18-41 meters and will pass within 19,716,420 km of Earth at a velocity of 26,340 km/h. NASA has announced the Ramses mission, which will target the asteroid Apophis.

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Sources · 7 independent

Launch Library

“Status: Go for Launch | Provider: | NET: 2026-05-12T23:16:31Z | Pad: ,”

Hacker News

“Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis. Posted by rustoo. Score: 1, Comments: 0.”

NASA

“| Diameter: 18-41m | Miss distance: 19,716,420 km | Velocity: 26,340 km/h”

Hacker News

“Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis.”

Launch Library

“Status: Go for Launch | Provider: | NET: 2026-05-15T04:30:00Z | Pad: ,”

Radio X

“Ramses Mission to Asteroid Apophis Announced”

NASA

“| Diameter: 1011-2260m | Miss distance: 14,065,559 km | Velocity: 47,205 km/h”

NASA

“| Diameter: 88-197m | Miss distance: 70,809,537 km | Velocity: 60,612 km/h”

NASA

“| Diameter: 8-17m | Miss distance: 21,531,521 km | Velocity: 31,261 km/h”

Spaceflight

“Asteroid Apophis Mission Announced”

NASA

“| Diameter: 39-87m | Miss distance: 62,234,661 km | Velocity: 109,324 km/h”

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