Will a revised version (v2 or higher) of the START mission preprint be submitted to arXiv before December 1, 2026?

Question 1

Researchers at Tsinghua University proposed START, a 300 kg student-led small satellite to observe asteroid (99942) Apophis during its April 2029 flyby. The mission architecture was detailed in a preprint that has not been peer reviewed.

Obvious Later · Accepted Answer

Not decided yet. This question is open on Obvious Later until December 1, 2026. The crowd forecast is shown only to people who make their own call first.

Question 2

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This question resolves as Yes if the submission history of preprint arXiv:2610.22904 records the submission of a revised version, designated as [v2] or higher, with a timestamp before December 1, 2026, 00:00 UTC. It resolves as No if no version beyond [v1] is listed on the page by that timestamp. Resolution is determined solely by the submission history on the official arXiv abstract page (https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.22904).

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It closes to new calls on December 1, 2026.

Will a revised version (v2 or higher) of the START mission preprint be submitted to arXiv before December 1, 2026?

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