ESA Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre
ESA Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre
New ESA telescope in South America to search for dangerous asteroids
Written by Copernical Team Tuesday, 27 April 2021 09:00-
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- ESA’s second Test-Bed Telescope has seen ‘first light’.
- It will help spot asteroids in space that could pose a risk to Earth.
- This telescope is the latest step towards ESA’s planned Flyeye telescope network.
- It is hosted at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.