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Timeline for selection of L-class missions

Activity Date

Call for proposals for Cosmic Vision missions

 March 2007
Selection of L-class candidate missions for assessment studies October 2007
ESA internal assessment phase, focused on identification of key technology areas November 2007 - February 2009
Down selection of the two outer Solar System missions February 2009
Industrial assessment phase and definition of technology development plan September 2009 - September 2010
End of joint Europe-US mission studies
Start of European-led reformulation studies		 March 2011
Recommendation on mission selection to SPC April 2012
Selection of first Large mission (L1) May 2012
Mission launch (L1) Early 2020's

 

Last Update: 12 March 2013

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See also

  • JUICE is Europe's next large science mission (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=50321)
  • Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Call for Proposals (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=40794)
  • Cosmic Vision 2015-2025: and the candidate missions are... (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=49478)
  • NASA and ESA prioritize outer planet missions (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=44249)
  • L-class missions presentation event 2011 (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=47796)
  • New approach for L-class mission candidates (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=48661)