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=== 2020s ===
Hera, launched October 2024 – European asteroid probe aimed at studying the effects of a NEO's impact created by NASA's DART mission using 65803 Didymos's moon (Dimorphos) as a target
Draco, launching in 2027 – small space capsule monitoring the breakup and demise processes of a re-entering satellite
SWING, launching in 2027 – ionosphere monitoring mission 
PRELUDE, launching in 2027 – in-orbit demonstration of space manoeuvres and relative navigation technologies for active debris removal
Ramses, launching in April 2028 – mission to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis
ClearSpace-1, launching in 2028 – space debris removal demonstration mission, superseded the cancelled e.Deorbit
SAWA, launching in 2028 – thermosphere monitoring mission
CREAM in-orbit demonstration, launching in 2028 – automated collision avoidance demonstration mission
Optimist, launching in 2028 – registering tiny space debris test
RISE, launching in 2029 – in-orbit servicing demonstration mission

=== 2030s ===
Aurora-D & Aurora-C, first launch planned for 2030 – a demonstrator satellite and a satellite constellation for Auroral oval monitoring
SAILOR, launch planned for 2030 – space debris monitoring satellites using solar sail-like foils as impact detectors
Visdoms-S, launch planned for 2030 – optical observation of space debris
Satis, launch planned for 2030 – cubesat mission to an asteroid
CAT (CApTure Payload Bay), launch planned for 2030 – joint ESA-AEE mission to test a standardised docking interface for satellite removal
Erase, launch planned for 2030 – removal of a large satellite
Vigil, launch planned for 2031 – space weather mission to the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L5
Ecostars, launch planned for 2031 – Ecodesign technologies test
Circular Economy I, launch planned for 2031 – in-orbit refurbishment mission
LEMO demonstrator, launch planned for 2032 – cis-lunar debris monitoring mission
Precision Asteroid Nudging, launch planned for 2032 – ion-beam asteroid deflection test
Sword, launch planned for 2032 – two satellites in GTO-like orbit monitoring Earth's radiation belts
NEOMIR, launch planned for 2030s – asteroid-detecting space telescope in the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L1
Shield, launch planned for 2030s – CME advanced warning mission
Encore, launch planned for 2030s – mission life extension

== Former SSA programme (2009–2019) ==

== See also ==
Kessler syndrome
United States Space Surveillance Network
List of European Space Agency programmes and missions

== Links ==
esa.int/Space_Safety
ESA Space Safety Fleet

== References ==