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15.5Subsection · 5 applications

Asteroid Monitoring

Researchers at computer workstations inside a dark observatory control room reviewing orbital trajectory data on multiple screens — Observatory domes crowning a mountain peak link ground-based watching to satellite networks that warn Earth of incoming asteroids.

Satellite-Linked Asteroid Detection and Alert Flow

1
Space Telescope
NEO Hunter or Sentinel scans ecliptic plane
2
Downlink
Raw astrometry transmitted to ground stations
3
Orbit Determination
MPC computes impact probability and uncertainty
4
Planetary Defense Alert
IAWN issues risk bulletins to governments

Space-based infrared telescopes feed astrometry data through ground networks to compute asteroid impact probabilities and trigger civil-defense alerts.

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Planetary Science

Subsection 15.5 — Science, Exploration, Cislunar & Future Space Economy

Asteroid Monitoring

5 applications.

Applications

15.5.1 Near-Earth Object Tracking — Continuously surveying near-Earth space to detect, catalogue and characterise asteroids and comets whose trajectories bring them within threat range of Earth.
15.5.2 Asteroid Composition Surveys — Characterising the mineralogical and elemental makeup of near-Earth asteroids using space-based spectroscopy and imaging, to underpin both planetary defence and resource economics.
15.5.3 Asteroid Mining Reconnaissance — Characterising near-Earth asteroids at close range to identify commercially viable mineral deposits, orbital accessibility and extraction site geometry ahead of any mining operation.
15.5.4 Trajectory Prediction — Refining the orbital paths of near-Earth asteroids using sovereign astrometric observations to generate independent, high-confidence impact probability assessments.
15.5.5 Resource Mapping — Characterising the spatial distribution, concentration and extractability of water ice, metals and volatiles across asteroid surfaces and shallow sub-surfaces to inform future in-situ resource utilisation missions.