Name

DIDO 2

Alternate Names

Chen Jiayong 1

Satellite ID

ANTS-7659-6853-4378-3829

NORAD ID

42000

Countries of Origin

Switzerland

Israel

Launch Date

2017-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Decay Date

2024-07-12T00:00:00+00:00

DIDO-2 (aka Chen Jiayong 1, COSPAR 2017-008BE) is a nano-satellite of the Israeli/Swiss company SpacePharma. The nano-satellite is part of a research project whose goal is to test a miniaturized end-to-end pharmaceutical laboratory (called mGnify lab) in space under microgravity conditions. The mGnify unit can perform experiments on bacterial growth, antibiotics resistance, self-assembly, enzymatic reactions, polymerization, nanoparticle synthesis, particle aggregation dynamics, emulsion stability and crystallization.