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ESA L2 and L3 large mission
vjkane
post Nov 7 2013, 01:59 AM
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Because ESA has such a deep bench of previously selected planetary missions, Europe will remain a strong player for the next two decades: the Rosetta mission rendezvousing with a comet (2014), ExoMars orbiter (2016), ExoMars rover (2018), the Bepi-Colombo Mercury orbiter (arrives 2022), and the JUICE Jupiter and Ganymede orbiter (arrives 2030). This is in addition to the currently operating Venus and Mars Express orbiters.

In addition, the Marco Polo-R asteroid sample return mission is in competition for the next Medium class mission slot.


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post Dec 3 2013, 10:02 PM
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ESA L2 and L3 have been announced
L2 is Athena+, an X Ray observatory launching in 2028 (pg 569, The Hot and Energetic Universe, in the proposal)
L3 is eLISA, a gravity probe launching in 2034 (pg 255 - The Gravitational Universe, in the proposal doc)

Not personally excited... was hoping for something more exo-planet or a Venus, Uranus, or Neptune mission. Oh well... guess theirs always L4 in... 2040 sad.gif

EDIT - LOL - didn't notice the announcement last month on the bottom of page 1. Saw the new post on spaceflightnow and thought it was new news smile.gif
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post Dec 4 2013, 08:27 AM
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It was only officially approved recently. The outcome was known earlier.
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post Dec 4 2013, 12:25 PM
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you can find the report of the L2-L3 selection committee here (23 Mb pdf)
interesting details of why each mission was turned down.
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