NEO Information Centres NEODyS - The Near-Earth Object Dynamic Site https://newton.spacedys.com/neodys/ AstDyS - The Asteroids Dynamic Site https://newton.spacedys.com/astdys/ The Minor Planet...

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ESA's Optical Ground Station (OGS) is a facility built by ESA to support tests of optical communication between Earth and orbiting satellites. The instrument is routinely used by ESA's Space Safety...

The Schmidt telescope of the Centro Astronómico Hispano en Andalucía (CAHA Schmidt) was first installed in 1955 at the Hamburg Observatory in Germany, and subsequently moved to the Calar Alto...

An interesting connection between Earth Observation and NEO monitoring activities has been unveiled through the NEO Coordination Centre participation at the "Big Data From Space" meeting, held at...

ESA and national disaster response offices recently rehearsed how to react if a threatening space rock is ever discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Last month, experts from ESA's...

ESA’s expanding observational network forms the first pillar of its programme for planetary defence. Thanks to a number of telescopes either directly owned, funded or in scientific agreement with...

Near-Earth Object Population Observation Program (NEOPOP) During activities related to ESA's Space-Situational Awareness (SSA) programme, the need for an observation system simulation software tool...

The ESA NEO Coordination Centre (NEOCC) is the operational centre of ESA’s Planetary Defence Office (PDO) within the Space Safety Programme (S2P). It is located at ESA's establishment ESRIN...

Directly the PDO manager Richard Moissl Head of the Planetary Defence Office Space Safety Programme ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy richard.moissl[@]esa.int