(AOF) – Thales Alenia Space, a joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with Ball Aerospace, industrial prime contractor, for the supply of communication equipment intended for the NEO mission NASA surveyor. The main objective of this 5-year mission is to strengthen the planet’s defenses against near-Earthers, in particular asteroids and comets located within a radius of 50 million kilometers of Earth’s orbit.
NEO Surveyor involves the deployment of an infrared space telescope whose objective is to detect and characterize at least two thirds of near-Earth vessels with a diameter greater than 140 meters, likely to inflict significant damage in the event of impact with Earth .
Thales Alenia Space will supply S-band transponders, K-band modulators and K-band traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTA) for the NEO Surveyor satellite.
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