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| Space Safety Programme | 2/2 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Safety_Programme | reference | science, encyclopedia | 2026-05-05T13:22:57.133102+00:00 | kb-cron |
=== 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to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis ClearSpace-1, launching in 2028 – space debris removal demonstration mission, superseded the cancelled e.Deorbit SAWA, launching in 2028 – thermosphere monitoring mission CREAM in-orbit demonstration, launching in 2028 – automated collision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 ==