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Space telescope monitoring near-earth asteroids to be launched Monday

Michael Allan McCrae | February 23, 2013 | 9:42 pm

NEOSSat, the first dedicated space telescope that will monitor near-earth asteroids, is being launched Monday. The C$12 million Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite, weighing 65 kg payload and about the size of a suitcase, will have half its time assigned to looking...