ESA Science & Technology - EPIG CDF Study Summary Report

Publication date: 16 July 2019

Page: 1-54
Year: 2019

Copyright: ESA

Document reference: ESA-SCI-F-ESTEC-RP-2019-001

The EPIG (ESA Probe for Investigation of the Giants) CDF study explored the feasibility of a European "stand-alone" mission to the Ice Giants (or Saturn as back-up). It corresponds to an ESA internal assessment of the capabilities to use only European technology to explore the outer planets.

The study was carried out by an interdisciplinary team of experts from ESA in eight sessions, starting with a kick-off on 28 March 2019 and ending with an Internal Final Presentation on 9 May 2019. This is a summary report of the EPIG CDF study. The full CDF study report will be made available at a later date.