Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Canadian Satellite To Search For Asteroids
Canada is building the first space telescope designed to detect asteroids as well as satellites. Called NEOSSat (Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite), this spacecraft will provide a significant improvement in surveillance of asteroids that pose a collision hazard with Earth and innovative technologies for tracking satellites in orbit high above our planet. NEOSSat will be the size of a large suitcase. It is also very cost effective because not just with its small size but it can launch off the back of another spacecraft. The mission is funded by the Defence Research Development Canada, and Canadian Space agency. NEOSSat is expected to be launched into space in 2010. It will be able to search for blackness in space and for faint sighns of moving asteroids. The NEOSSat is generated by the sun.
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1)Concise explanation
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