ECO Program
ESA Earth Explorer 12 assessment candidate selected in April 2024, ECO would resolve Earth’s global radiation budget by measuring incoming solar and outgoing terrestrial radiation with a satellite constellation of Sun/Earth radiometers and wide-field visible and infrared imagers, enabling derivation of Earth’s Energy Imbalance. It remains an assessment candidate pending later down-selection for implementation.
Identity
- Aliases
- ECOECO Earth Explorer 12Earth Explorer 12 ECOECO mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- ECO Program
- Status
- planned
- Types
- scienceresearchdevelopment
Details
- Description
- ESA Earth Explorer 12 assessment candidate selected in April 2024, ECO would resolve Earth’s global radiation budget by measuring incoming solar and outgoing terrestrial radiation with a satellite constellation of Sun/Earth radiometers and wide-field visible and infrared imagers, enabling derivation of Earth’s Energy Imbalance. It remains an assessment candidate pending later down-selection for implementation.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2024-04-17
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 16:51:16 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 16:51:16 UTC
Other
- Official Urls
- https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Preparing_for_tomorrow/ESA_selects_four_new_Earth_Explorer_mission_ideas?s=09https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Preparing_for_tomorrow/Watch_Earth_Explorer_12_User_Consultation_Meetinghttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Preparing_for_tomorrow/Scientific_and_technical_mission_documents