The Flyeye telescope’s ‘first light’ marks the beginning of a new chapter in how to scan the skies for new near-Earth asteroids and comets.Inspired by an insect’s compound eye, ESA and OHB ...

The Flyeye telescope’s ‘first light’ marks the beginning of a new chapter in how to scan the skies for new near-Earth asteroids and comets. Inspired by an insect’s compound eye, ESA and OHB Italia ...

The Europeans are already working on the second telescope of the network, Flyeye-2, and this one should be ready for operations by 2028.

Building a telescope swarm “In the future, a network of up to four Flyeye telescopes spread across the northern and southern hemispheres will work together to further improve the speed and ...

The telescope's wide field of view will be used to survey the sky each night to identify new asteroids that could pose a hazard to Earth. It is officially called Flyeye-1 and is the first of a network ...

Called the Flyeye telescope, the bug-eyed asteroid hunter will be scanning the skies for lumps of space rock that pose a threat to our home planet. Inspired by an insect’s eye, Flyeye can ...

According to the European Space Agency, the Flyeye-1 telescope recently completed its “first light” test at the Italian Space Agency’s Space Geodesy Center, located about 160 miles east of Naples.