Dogmatix

That's also the reason for the name Edefix, which is, if you know the asterisks, comics.

Idefix is the dog of Obelix in French and also in the German versions.

In the English version it's called Dogmatix.

But

at the moment schedule for October launch this year and if you miss that you have to wait another two years but presumably you're quite confident that we'll launch in this launch I'm

pretty confident the official announcement of the launch date will soon come from JAXA but this is the launch window end of October early early November for this year if for whatever reason we miss it It will be also a political decision what to do, but the next launch opportunity will be again in two years only.

So, just describe physically how big is Idefix? What kind of payload?

Idefix has about 25 kg.

And they aren't going alone either.

The spacecraft is deploying a rover onto the surface of Phobos named IDEFIX.

I love that name.

Yeah.

If you are a fan of classic French comic books, you'll recognize that as the name of Asterix's little dog.

IDEFIX will handle the localized surface observations on Phobos, basically sniffing around the surface like a robotic scout.

The IDEFIX rover represents a critical piece of international collaboration, highlighting the French Space Agency's contribution to the mission.

Right, because having that ground truth is huge.