The B612 Foundation aims to build, launch, and operate the first privately funded deep space mission – a space telescope to be placed in orbit around the Sun for discovery and mapping. The map will track asteroids' paths during the next 100 years to provide advance warning of a collision. Their goal is to protect Earth by providing early warning of threatening asteroids.
Sentinel will take approximately five years to complete development and testing, to be ready for launch in 2017 or 2018. Congratulations to John Troeltzsh, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Kepler Program Manager, for his efforts in securing this contract for Ball. Way to go, John!
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