https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1583048671733878784QuoteESA director general Josef Aschbacher confirmed at a briefing that the agency has selected Falcon 9 to launch the Euclid mission next year. Another Falcon 9 will launch the Hera asteroid mission in 2024. Vega C will launch EarthCARE in 2024.
ESA director general Josef Aschbacher confirmed at a briefing that the agency has selected Falcon 9 to launch the Euclid mission next year. Another Falcon 9 will launch the Hera asteroid mission in 2024. Vega C will launch EarthCARE in 2024.
ESA highlights in 2023...Launch of Euclid satelliteLaunch window: July - September 2023...
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Clampin said ESA’s Euclid mission (which has NASA participation) is set to launch in the third quarter this year, on a Falcon 9. #AAS241
Our @ESA_Euclid mission is undergoing the final test before launch in July 2023 🚀Here it is standing in a special room in the @Thales_Alenia_S test facilities in Cannes, France, where it successfully underwent electromagnetic compatibility testing ✅
.@ESA_Euclid looks great doesn't it? #Fitcheck In @Thales_Alenia_S's clean rooms in #Cannes the first encounter with the launcher gave a positive return and everything proceeds nominally towards the launch campaign 🔜! #spaceforlife@esascience @SpaceX
@ESA_Euclid will depart soon, to begin its launch campaign in #CapeCanaveral. Let's have a look behind the scenes of the last operations by @esa & @Thales_Alenia_S's team in #Cannes to prepare it for the journey.
After an extensive environmental and mechanical testing program at Thales Alenia Space’s Cannes plant, the satellite was meticulously prepared for its first journey, reaching the port of Savona, Italy just a few hours ago. From there, it will set sail for the port near the launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
...and so it begins, @ESA_Euclid boat trip towards the launch base🚢🚀.Stay tuned for the next updates🔜📽📷. #spaceforlife
The Euclid satellite embarked on the next leg of the 1.5 million km long journey to space from where it will unlock the mysteries of the dark Universe.Following extensive environmental and mechanical tests at Thales Alenia Space’s plant in Cannes, the Euclid satellite was transported by exceptional convoy to the port of Savona, Italy, on 14 April. The following day, Euclid set sail to the port near its launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida.To keep the satellite safe during the journey, Euclid was placed in a container flushed with nitrogen to maintain a clean room environment. Parameters such as temperature, pressure and humidity are being constantly monitored during travel.The ship is expected to reach its destination at the beginning of May, getting ready for launch no earlier than this July on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida, USA.
ESA's Euclid mission is designed to map the large-scale structure of the Universe and help us understand these mysterious components: dark matter and dark energy.Euclid will create the largest, most accurate 3D map of the Universe ever. It will observe billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky. With this map, Euclid will reveal how the Universe has expanded and how its structure has evolved over cosmic history. And from this, we can learn more about the role of gravity and the nature of dark energy and dark matter.
European Space Agency ship MN Colibri is scheduled to arrive at Port Canaveral on Sunday afternoon with the Euclid space telescope.The telescope will launch atop a Falcon 9, NET July.
Welcome to the Space Coast Euclid! Transport from Port Canaveral is underway for final processing before launch. What a treat it was to catch it being escorted on US-1.📷 Me for @NASASpaceflight
The manifest thread is pretty empty on information for this flight. Question, at 2 tonnes going to L2, can this be a RTLS or ASDS landing?
A Falcon 9 will launch the Euclid telescope for the European Space Agency from pad 40 on July TBD.
A Falcon 9 will launch the Euclid telescope for the European Space Agency from pad 40 on early July, in the mid-day EDT.
