NEO Surveyor
NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is a planned infrared space telescope designed to discover and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids and comets, including objects hidden by the Sun’s glare.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Near-Earth Object SurveyorNEO Surveyor Mission
- Name
- NEO Surveyor
- Status
- planned
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor is a planned infrared space telescope designed to discover and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids and comets, including objects hidden by the Sun’s glare.
- Destination
- Large-amplitude halo orbit around the Sun–Earth L1 point, approximately 1.5 million km toward the Sun, for infrared surveys of potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroids and comets
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2027-09
- Vehicle Families
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/neo-surveyor/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:20:05 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 12:00:50 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Space Stations
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- Vehicles
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