We are pleased to announce that Argotec, an Italian aerospace engineering company, has selected the radiation hardened GR712RC dual-core LEON3FT SPARC V8 Microprocessor on several key space missions. Argotec selected the microprocessor for its reliability and capability. Argotec’s LICIACube (Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids), a six-unit CubeSat from the Italian Space Agency, was an important part of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which successfully took place in late September 2022. NASA's latest Moon-orbiting mission, Artemis I, will utilize the GR712RC. ArgoMoon, a micro-satellite developed by Argotec that employs the GR712RC in its computer, will perform autonomous visual-based proximity operations around the in-space stage of the propulsion system that sent the Orion spacecraft on a lunar trajectory.
