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Timeline

  • November 18, 2020 - The DISCO program is initiated
  • January 15, 2021 - First meeting with students
  • February 5, 2021 - Students begin work on ideas for payload
  • May 31, 2021 - 3 designs of a mission reported
  • June 7, 2021 - The mission to study climate change is selected
  • Fall 2021 - Fundraising to fund the more ambitious mission
  • Winter 2021/2022 - Winter 2022/2023: Fundraising and precurement negotiations of satellite
  • Winter/Spring 2023 - Satellite ordered
  • Autumn 2023 - The satellite is assembled and tested
  • Autumn / winter 2023/2024 - Tests and software development for data collection and processing
  • Spring/Summer 2024 - Delivered to Momentus
  • Autumn/Winter 2024 - Launch with SpaceX and Momentus