The China National Space Administration's (CNSA) target is 2015 XF261, a 100-foot (30-meter) asteroid.
Just like NASA’s DART mission, China plans to smash a spacecraft into this asteroid to see if it can deflect its path. This planetary defense technique is important to protect humans from what led to the extinction of giant dinosaurs.“For China’s first near-Earth asteroid defense on-orbit verification mission, a defensive disposal demonstration will be carried out on the potential risk of near-Earth asteroids impacting the Earth,” the study mentioned.
These asteroids, formed from leftover material from planets’ formation, provide a unique opportunity to examine the solar system’s building blocks in their pristine, unaltered state. It revealed: “The scientific objectives of the on-orbit verification of asteroid defense and its specific scientific exploration mission will be designed and proposed. A scientific payload demand analysis will be carried out, and payload configuration plans and exploration mission requirements will be proposed to provide a decision-making basis for the future implementation of asteroid defense missions.”The Chinese space agency aims to launch this mission before 2030.
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