Announcement of Opportunity for the provision of scientific payload including SGS elements for the M3 mission candidates 24 September 2012 Proposals are solicited for the scientific payload, including Science Ground Segment (SGS) elements, of the M3 candidate missions EChO, LOFT, MarcoPolo-R, and STE-QUEST. The deadline for submission of proposals is 30 November 2012, 12:00 CET. Read more

EChO Mission Requirements Document 14 September 2012 Reference: SRE-PA/2011.038; Issue 3. This document aims at providing a complete and comprehensive list of all high level mission requirements (including spacecraft and payload, launcher, ground segment and operations) necessary to achieve the science goals detailed in the EChO Science Requirements Document (SRE-PA/2011.037). Read more

EChO Science Requirements Document 14 September 2012 Reference: SRE-PA/2011.037; Issue 3. This document provides the top-level science requirements for the Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO), a dedicated mission to investigate exoplanetary atmospheres. Read more

EChO Payload Definition Document 14 September 2012 Reference: SRE-PA/2011.039; Issue 3. This document aims at providing the description of the EChO reference payload complement. Read more

EChO External Final Presentation of the CDF study 22 July 2011 The document summarizes the study performed at ESA's Concurrent Design Facility (CDF), with the goals to assess the technical feasibility of the ECHO mission proposal and design an example mission compatible with achieving the science goals. Read more

EChO Mission Proposal 03 December 2010 This is the the EChO mission proposal that was submitted in 2010 to ESA in response to the Call for medium-size (M-class) missions in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 plan with a launch opportunity in the period 2020-22. Read more