TY - GEN
T1 - Near-Earth Object Surveyor Overview
AU - Hoffman, Tom
AU - Liu, Yuanming
AU - Lysek, Mark
AU - Murray, Alexander
AU - Nilsen, Erik
AU - Peddada, Pavani
AU - Rokey, Mark
AU - Vaquero, Mar
AU - Mainzer, Amy
AU - Wong, Andre
AU - Sayer, Timothy
AU - Snider, Paul
AU - Veto, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of the entire NEO Surveyor project team at JPL, UA, Ball Aerospace, IPAC and the other subcontractors as well as the support provided by the NASA Science Mission Directorate and the NASA Planetary Missions Program Office. Each of the NEO Surveyor team members within these organizations have directly contributed to the progress of the NEO Surveyor mission.
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is designed to detect, categorize and characterize Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) using infrared imaging. The project was approved to enter the preliminary design phase (Phase B) in FY21 after an extended Concept Development Phase (Phase A). The NEO Surveyor project responds to US Public Law 109-155[1], National Research Council's report 'Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth Object Surveys & Hazard Mitigation Strategies (2010)' [2], the U. S. National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan (June 2018) [3], and the objectives of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO). The goals of the NEO Surveyor project are to: (1) identify impact hazards to the Earth posed by NEOs (defined as asteroids and comets that come within 1.3 AU of the Sun) by performing a comprehensive survey of the NEO population; (2) obtain detailed physical characterization data for individual objects that are likely to pose an impact hazard; (3) characterize the entire population of potentially hazardous NEOs to inform potential mitigation strategies. The mission will make significant progress toward the George E. Brown, Jr. NEO Survey Program objective defined by the U. S. Congress of detecting, tracking, cataloging, and characterizing at least 90% of NEOs equal to or larger than 140 m in diameter. The project is a collaboration between NASA-JPL, the University of Arizona (UA) and industry, with Ball Aerospace notably providing the spacecraft and key instrument elements. This paper will describe the overall NEO Surveyor Project objectives, initial spacecraft and instrument design and development plans and mission concept.
AB - The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is designed to detect, categorize and characterize Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) using infrared imaging. The project was approved to enter the preliminary design phase (Phase B) in FY21 after an extended Concept Development Phase (Phase A). The NEO Surveyor project responds to US Public Law 109-155[1], National Research Council's report 'Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth Object Surveys & Hazard Mitigation Strategies (2010)' [2], the U. S. National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan (June 2018) [3], and the objectives of NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO). The goals of the NEO Surveyor project are to: (1) identify impact hazards to the Earth posed by NEOs (defined as asteroids and comets that come within 1.3 AU of the Sun) by performing a comprehensive survey of the NEO population; (2) obtain detailed physical characterization data for individual objects that are likely to pose an impact hazard; (3) characterize the entire population of potentially hazardous NEOs to inform potential mitigation strategies. The mission will make significant progress toward the George E. Brown, Jr. NEO Survey Program objective defined by the U. S. Congress of detecting, tracking, cataloging, and characterizing at least 90% of NEOs equal to or larger than 140 m in diameter. The project is a collaboration between NASA-JPL, the University of Arizona (UA) and industry, with Ball Aerospace notably providing the spacecraft and key instrument elements. This paper will describe the overall NEO Surveyor Project objectives, initial spacecraft and instrument design and development plans and mission concept.
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U2 - 10.1109/AERO53065.2022.9843508
DO - 10.1109/AERO53065.2022.9843508
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85137592447
T3 - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
BT - 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2022
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2022
Y2 - 5 March 2022 through 12 March 2022
ER -