Evaluation of the Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) project for the period from February 2005 to December 2013 / prepared by the Audit and Evaluation Directorate.: ST99-36/2014E-PDF

"The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) project began in February 2005 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the Department of National Defence (DND), establishing NEOSSat as a collaboration combining two projects: DND’s space surveillance mission HEOSS (High Earth Orbit Space Surveillance) and the CSA’s asteroid finding project NESS (Near Earth Space Surveillance). The two missions share the same passive optical sensor payload integrated into a multi-mission microsatellite bus. Each mission, however, is directed and managed by a different science team"--Executive Summary.

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Department/Agency Canadian Space Agency.
Title Evaluation of the Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) project for the period from February 2005 to December 2013 / prepared by the Audit and Evaluation Directorate.
Variant title Evaluation of the NEOSSat project
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Project # 13/14 02-02 ; February 2014."
Cover title.
Issued also in French under title: Évaluation du projet NEOSSat (satellite de surveillance en orbite circumterrestre) pour la période allant de février 2005 à décembre 2013.
Includes bibliographic references.
Publishing information [Saint Hubert, Québec] : Canadian Space Agency, 2014.
Description ix, 59 p.
Catalogue number
  • ST99-36/2014E-PDF
Subject terms Program assessment
Space technology
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