Russia Restores Defunct Soviet Network to Monitor Near-Earth Objects

Russia has restored a global network of mothballed Soviet observatories to monitor near-Earth objects, according to a report by a state research institute. The document, obtained by Sputnik from Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, said observatories had been brought out of mothballs in former Soviet member states, Bolivia and Switzerland. More

(Source: Space Daily - Aug 28)