NEOCam
NEOCam • Missions & Center • Proposed
Overview:
The Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) is a new mission proposal designed to discover and characterize most of the potentially hazardous asteroids that are near the Earth. NEOCam consists of an infrared telescope and a wide-field camera operating at thermal infrared wavelengths. The NEOCam proposal has recently been funded by NASA for technology development.
IPAC's role:
IPAC will serve as the home for NEOCam's science data processing system.
