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Blue Origin unveils NEO Hunter — hybrid planetary‑defense concept to track and mitigate near‑Earth objects

Blue Origin unveiled NEO Hunter, a mission concept combining space‑based surveillance and active mitigation to detect, track and neutralize potentially hazardous near‑Earth objects. The company frames the system as a commercial bridge between spacecraft operations, sensor constellations and deflection capabilities.

Discovered 2026-03-14T14:18:18.106713-07:00 | 2026-03-14T14:18:18.106713-07:00

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Marks Blue Origin’s move from launch into in‑orbit services, building on its recent satellite strategy and the TeraWave plan (TeraWave: 5,400 satellites, up to 6 Tbps) and broader strategic pivot (source:059baaf7-73bb-49aa-a87c-c0315fe30d24).
Introduces a commercial capability into planetary‑defense efforts alongside NASA’s program to detect and neutralize tens of thousands of potentially hazardous asteroids (source:e5dd8e19-f267-42e7-a015-d18f5b26da56).
Combines surveillance, mitigation and on‑orbit operations, creating technical overlap with orbital‑hazard and debris‑removal concepts such as the ‘Venus Flytrap’ (source:06cfb564-78a2-442c-a9e9-8d879dc8ee6b).

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