Thales secures contract for NASA’s NEO Surveyor mission
The planetary defense mission, scheduled for launch in 2028, will search for Near-Earth Objects, including bright and dark asteroids, the latter of which are the most difficult to find.
The planetary defense mission, scheduled for launch in 2028, will search for Near-Earth Objects, including bright and dark asteroids, the latter of which are the most difficult to find.
NEO Surveyor is a version of a concept called NEOCam that competed in NASAs Discovery programme of planetary science missions.