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China Launches Asteroid Defense Mission to Protect Earth

9/10/2025

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China is launching a dual-probe mission to monitor and influence asteroids to protect Earth from threats.
The mission employs a "Fly-Along-Impact-Fly-Along" strategy to alter asteroid orbits.
China will hire planetary defense experts, focusing on the low-threat Asteroid 2024 YR4.
Apophis, which will pass near Earth on April 13, 2029, is also under study by multiple space agencies.
ESA and JAXA are developing the Ramses mission to analyze Apophis and test defense technologies.

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Story summary

China is launching a dual-probe mission to monitor and influence asteroids to protect Earth from threats.
The mission employs a "Fly-Along-Impact-Fly-Along" strategy to alter asteroid orbits.
China will hire planetary defense experts, focusing on the low-threat Asteroid 2024 YR4.
Apophis, which will pass near Earth on April 13, 2029, is also under study by multiple space agencies.
ESA and JAXA are developing the Ramses mission to analyze Apophis and test defense technologies.