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Description
Future planetary defense systems may need a variety of modular designed platforms to detect, track, characterize and possibly mitigate PHOs and other objects in space. Multiwavelength sensor platforms, equipped with multiuse interceptors for in situ exploration of the target asteroid, kinetic impact, directed energy systems or nuclear explosive devices, could be a viable, effective solution for asteroid impact avoidance on earth.
References
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R.B.Negri: Autonomous Rapid Exploration in Close-Proximity of an Asteroid: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 47(4):1-20; 2024