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ESA Euclid Mission

Euclid is a European Space Agency observatory surveying billions of galaxies to study how dark matter and dark energy shape the composition and evolution of the Universe. Falcon 9 injected the spacecraft toward the Sun-Earth L2 region, and ground controllers acquired its signal 45 minutes after launch. Euclid subsequently began its planned cosmology survey from a halo orbit around L2.

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EuclidESA Euclid
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ESA Euclid Mission
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Euclid is a European Space Agency observatory surveying billions of galaxies to study how dark matter and dark energy shape the composition and evolution of the Universe. Falcon 9 injected the spacecraft toward the Sun-Earth L2 region, and ground controllers acquired its signal 45 minutes after launch. Euclid subsequently began its planned cosmology survey from a halo orbit around L2.
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Successfully injected toward Sun-Earth L2 and acquired by ESA ground controllers after separation
Program
ESA Cosmic Vision
Start Date
2023-07-01
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July 20, 2026 at 01:22:46 UTC
Updated Time
July 20, 2026 at 01:22:46 UTC

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