UDAS puts a special emphasis on near-Earth objects (NEOs) in co-operation and support of global efforts in NEO-research, initiated by the Working Group on Near-Earth Objects of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), and the Spaceguard Foundation.
It is a kind of follow-on programme to ODAS, which had to close due to lack of further financial support.
It should also not be confused with the Uppsala–DLR Trojan Survey (UDTS), which was conducted a few years before UDAS was launched.
DLR stands for the Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, the German Aerospace Center.
[2] The MPC credits the Uppsala–DLR Asteroid Survey with the discovery of the following numbered minor planets during 1999–2005.