Horizon 2000 Plus
ESA's space-science planning extension drawn up in 1994–1995 followed Horizon 2000 and preceded Cosmic Vision. Its portfolio includes Gaia, LISA Pathfinder, and BepiColombo, covering stellar mapping, gravitational-wave technology validation, and Mercury exploration. LISA Pathfinder demonstrated technologies needed for the later LISA observatory. The programme name identifies a long-term planning framework whose spacecraft development, science operations, and data exploitation extend across many years.
Identity
- Aliases
- Horizon 2000 PlusHorizon 2000+
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Horizon 2000 Plus
- Status
- completed
- Types
- explorationscience
Details
- Description
- ESA's space-science planning extension drawn up in 1994–1995 followed Horizon 2000 and preceded Cosmic Vision. Its portfolio includes Gaia, LISA Pathfinder, and BepiColombo, covering stellar mapping, gravitational-wave technology validation, and Mercury exploration. LISA Pathfinder demonstrated technologies needed for the later LISA observatory. The programme name identifies a long-term planning framework whose spacecraft development, science operations, and data exploitation extend across many years.
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 1994
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 07:58:59 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 17, 2026 at 14:03:13 UTC