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ESA Cosmic Vision Request for Proposals

Briefing Meeting Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Call for Proposals
12 Apr 2007

More than 60 Letters Of Intent were received in response to ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Call for Proposals. Wednesday, 11 April 2007, a briefing meeting to the proposers took place at ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The meeting comprised a number of presentations by ESA covering various aspects relative to the Call, followed by a session for questions from the proposers and for discussion.

The presentations of the briefing meeting are available in PDF format at:

http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/in...fobjectid=40902



This Call for proposals covers the first planning cycle of the new Cosmic Vision 2015-2025.

The Call will lead to the selection of one-medium sized mission (Class M mission) to enter the implementation phase in 2012, with a launch foreseen in the mid-2017 time-frame.

The Call also invites proposals for concepts of more ambitious missions of the flagship category (Class L mission concepts) that will require an extended preparation.

More info on Cosmic Vision can be found at:
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/in...fobjectid=40794
bobik
According to ESA's Alvaro Giménez at the ESA DG press breakfast (01:58:02), Ariel was selected as the M4 component of the Cosmic Vision 2015–2025 program, but the start of the implementation phase is hindered by funding issues of the payload, thus the official selection is delayed; it remains suspenseful!
bobik
At the EGU General Assembly 2018, Günther Hasinger, new ESA Director of Science, outlined the future plans (1:54:32) for ESA's Science Programme. Hopefully it will get supported at the next Ministerial Council and NASA will want to take the big chance, this time.

Edit: And I wish I were 20 years younger. rolleyes.gif
katodomo
At one point he mentions that from M4 forward every second M-Class mission should coincide/be co-launched with an F-Class mission. These F-Class start counting from F1.

Have such "F-Class" concepts been mentioned before in the context of Cosmic Vision?
(the name is somewhat reminiscent of the F-Mission/Flexi-Mission of the previous Horizon 2000+ programme)
Explorer1
Hmm... that's not too long before the first Apophis Earth flyby. I've wondered whether it would be possible for a small craft to rendezvous and fly alongside before and during the encounter. Some have predicted that the tidal stresses caused by Earth's gravitational tug will cause significant effects like landslides. These would expose relatively fresh surface material, in addition to having a much better idea of material and orbital properties for any future deflection.
This is only a secondary payload on an exoplanet observatory going to L2 though; not sure the orbital mechanics would be compatible.
nprev
I don't know how small you could make a spacecraft for a rendezvous with Apophis considering that the relative velocity would be on the order of 12 km/sec. If you're thinking of a cubesat flyby, sure, but that wouldn't be of much value.
Explorer1
Well there have been proposals for missions from China, Europe (and even the Planetary Society did a contest a while back). Last year some MIT students presented one to NASA officials. It seems quite detailed! (PDF)
bobik
ESA Ice Giants mission CDF Study Report is online.
bobik
Tomorrow and the following two days the Voyage 2050 Workshop will be streamed live on the CSIC Protocolo YouTube channel. Strangely, no recording will be made available after the event.
bobik
Remarkably low-key and without any ceremony, ESA's Call for a Medium-size and a Fast mission opportunity in ESA's Science Programme
bobik
Tomorrow is the deadline (at high noon) for Phase-2 proposals in ESA's call for M7 and F2 mission opportunities. 12 M- and 4 F-Proposals were selected for Phase-2, although most of them apparently in stealth ninja.gif mode yet... Candidates selection for study in November 2022.

EDIT: One M7 proposal, which made it into Phase-2 is M-MATISSE (Mars - Magnetosphere ATmosphere Ionosphere and Space-weather SciencE).
EDIT: HAYDN (High-precision AsteroseismologY in DeNse stellar fields) also made it into Phase-2.
EDIT: Another M7 proposal in Phase-2, Arago.
EDIT: ASTROGAM was selected for Phase-2 of ESA's M7 call.
EDIT: STE-QUEST is a M7 Phase-2 candidate too.
EDIT: Heavy Metal is a M7 proposal in Phase-2 for a space probe (with sub-satellite) to asteroid (216) Kleopatra and its 2 moons, in extended mission 1-2 more M-asteroids, (129) Antigone + moon and (201) Penelope.
EDIT: Plasma Observatory and SPARK are two additional M7 proposals which made it into Phase-2.
EDIT: Non-selected M5 finalist THESEUS reportedly submitted a Phase-2 proposal in response to ESA's M7 call.

EDIT: So the three M-class Phase-2 proposals missing in this list are CALICO, SIRIUS, LiteBIRD and additionally, possibly FOSSIL.
bobik
I was never able to identify at least one of the four phase-2 F2 proposals, anyway, ARRAKIHS was selected as new fast (F2) mission in ESA's Science Programme.
bobik
Five M7 proposals have been selected for further study. Besides the already publicly known HAYDN, M-MATISSE, Plasma Observatory, THESEUS proposals, the so far perfectly camouflaged CALICO, a proposal for an in-situ investigation of Ceres, remains as candidate for the M7 opportunity.

EDIT: "The proposal[s] will be further assessed during a phase 0 study in 2023. Out of the 5 competitors 2 or 3 missions will be selected for a phase A study by the end of 2023."
EDIT: A somewhat puzzling presentation slide dated 27 October 2022.
vjkane
QUOTE (bobik @ Nov 9 2022, 12:44 AM) *
Five M7 proposals have been selected for further study. Besides the already publicly known HAYDN, M-MATISSE, Plasma Observatory, THESEUS proposals, the so far perfectly camouflaged CALICO, a proposal for an in-situ investigation of Ceres, remains as candidate for the M7 opportunity.

Thanks for posting this. CALICO sounds particularly interesting to me. I suspect, though, that given that a planetary mission, EnVision, was selected in the last M call, ESA may seek balance in its program by selecting a mission representing a non-planetary discipline.
Phil Stooke
Heavy Metal would have been amazing.

Phil
bobik
Finally the proposers of CALICO (Ceres Autonomous Lander Into Crater Occator) found the courage to pull off their magic hood.
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