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title: "Cosmic Vision"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Vision"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T12:43:26.024497+00:00"
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instance: "kb-cron"
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=== Fast class ===
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At the ESA Science Programme Committee (SPC) Workshop on 16 May 2018, the creation of a series of special opportunity Fast class (F-class) missions was proposed. These F-missions would be jointly launched alongside each M-class mission starting from M4, and would focus on "innovative implementation" in order to broaden the range of scientific topics covered by the mission. The inclusion of F-class missions into the Cosmic Vision program would require a significant increase of the science budget, to be discussed in future meetings.
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Two F-class missions have been selected:
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F1, Comet Interceptor, a mission to study a long-period comet or an interstellar object (which will be determined after the launch), launching as a secondary payload together with M4, ARIEL in 2029.
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F2, ARRAKIHS (Analysis of Resolved Remnants of Accreted galaxies as a Key Instrument for Halo Surveys), a mission to survey one hundred nearby galaxies and their surroundings to investigate the development of dwarf galaxies and stellar streams; launch planned for the early 2030s.
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=== Timeline ===
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== Missions of opportunity ==
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Occasionally ESA makes contributions to space missions led by another space agency.
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These missions include:
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Hinode – X-ray space telescope leading by JAXA, launched in 2006
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IRIS – solar space spectrograph leading by NASA, launched in 2013
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Microscope – microsatellite for studying free fall leading by CNES, active in 2016–2018
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XRISM – X-ray space telescope leading by JAXA, launched in 2023
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ExoMars – a series of Mars probes in collaboration with Roscosmos, an orbiter operational since 2017, a rover to be launched in late 2020s
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Einstein Probe – a space mission dedicated to time-domain high-energy astrophysics leading by Chinese Academy of Sciences, launched in 2024
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PROBA-3 – space technology testing spacecraft, launched in 2024
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MMX – a sample-return Mars' moons probe leading by JAXA, to be launched in 2026
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – a space telescope led by NASA, to be launched in 2027
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A contribution to SPICA (Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics), a Japanese mission was evaluated as a mission of opportunity within the Cosmic Vision, but is no longer considered within that framework. It was one of the finalists being considered for M5.
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== See also ==
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List of European Space Agency programmes and missions
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New Frontiers program (NASA mission class)
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Discovery Program (NASA mission class)
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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ESA Cosmic Vision website
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List of proposed missions on ESA page |