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orbit@home[1] was aBOINC-basedvolunteer computing project of thePlanetary Science Institute. It uses the "Orbit Reconstruction,Simulation and Analysis"[2] framework to optimize the search strategies that are used to findnear-Earth objects.
On March 4, 2008, orbit@home completed the installation of its newserver and officially opened to new members. On April 11, orbit@home launched aWindows version of theirclient. On February 16, 2013, the project was halted due to lack ofgrant funding.[3] However, on July 23, 2013, the Orbit@home project was selected for funding byNASA'sNear Earth Object Observation program. It was announced that orbit@home is to resume operations sometime in 2014 or 2015.[4] As of July 13, 2018, orbit@home is offline according to its website, and the upgrade announcement has been removed.
