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BPb131.qxd 8/1/07 5:10 PM Page 50 Programmes In Progress 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 PROJECT JFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASOND COMMENTS SPACE TELESCOPE LAUNCHED APRIL1990 ULYSSES LAUNCHED OCTOBER 1990 Programmes SOHO LAUNCHED DECEMBER 1995 HUYGENS LAUNCHED OCTOBER 1997 XMM-NEWTON LAUNCHED DECEMBER 1999 CLUSTER RE-LAUNCHED MID-2000 INTEGRAL LAUNCHED OCTOBER 2002 MARS EXPRESS LAUNCHED JUNE 2003 SMART-1 LAUNCHED SEPTEMBER 2003 TC-1 LAUNCHED DECEMBER. 2003 SCIENTIFIC DOUBLE STAR PROGRAMME TC-2 LAUNCHED JULY 2004 in Progress ROSETTA LAUNCHED MARCH 2004 VENUS EXPRESS LAUNCHED NOVEMBER 2005 HERSCHEL/PLANCK LAUNCH JULY 2008 LISA PATHFINDER LAUNCH 1st QUARTER 2010 Status end-June 2007 GAIA LAUNCH END-2011 JWST LAUNCH JUNE 2013 BEPICOLOMBO LAUNCH AUGUST 2013 METEOSAT-5/6/7 M5 LAUNCHED 1991, M6 1993, M7 1997 ERS-2 LAUNCHED APRIL 1995 ENVISAT LAUNCHED MARCH 2002 MSG-1 MSG-2 MSG MSG-3 LAUNCH 2011, MSG-4 LAUNCH 2013 METOP METOP-A LAUNCH OCTOBER 2006, METOP-B 2010, METOP-C 2015 CRYOSAT LAUNCH FAILURE OCTOBER 2005 CRYOSAT-2 LAUNCH MARCH 2009 GOCE LAUNCH END-FEBRUARY 2008 PROGRAMME SMOS LAUNCH MAY 2008 EARTH OBSERVATION EARTH ADM-AEOLUS LAUNCH JUNE 2009 SWARM LAUNCH 2010 EARTHCARE LAUNCH END-2012 ARTEMIS LAUNCHED JULY 2001 ALPHABUS LAUNCH 2011 SMALL GEO SAT. LAUNCH END-2010 GNSS-1/EGNOS OPERATIONS START 2007 COMMS./NAV. PROGRAMME GIOVE-A GIOVE-B GALILEOSAT GIOVE-A LAUNCHED DEC. 2005 GIOVE-B LAUNCH END-2007, IOV 2009 PROBA-1 LAUNCHED OCTOBER 2001 PROBA-2 LAUNCH MAY 2008 PROG. TECHNOL. SLOSHSAT LAUNCHED FEBRUARY 2005 COLUMBUS LAUNCH DECEMBER 2007 ATV FIRST LAUNCH JANUARY 2008 NODE-2 & -3 & CUPOLA LAUNCHES OCTOBER 2007 & APRIL 2010 CUPOLA WITH NODE-3 ERA LAUNCH NOT BEFORE END-2009 MSG MELFI 1 EDR/EUTEF/SOLAR MELFI 2 ISS BARTER & UTIL. PREP. EDR/EUTEF/SOLAR WITH COLUMBUS FOTON-MI APCF-6/BIOBOX-5/ MATROSHKA FOTON-M2 TEXUS-42 MAXUS-7/TEXUS-43 TEXUS-44/45MASER-11 MAXUS-8 MARES ARMS/BIOPACK/ PFS EML-1 EMIR/ELIPS FAST-2/ERISTO MASER-10 EMCS/ TEXUS MAXUS-6 PEMS FOTON-M3 PCDF -46 MSL MFC BIO, FSL, EPM with COLUMBUS ASTRONAUT FLT. & EXPLORATION PROGRAMME & EXPLORATION AURORA CORE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, MICROGRAVITY HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, EXOMARS LAUNCH MID-2013 ARIANE-5 OPERATIONAL VEGA FIRST LAUNCH SEPTEMBER 2008 PROG. SOYUZ AT CSG READY FOR LAUNCH DECEMBER 2008 LAUNCHER DEFINITION PHASE MAIN DEVELOPMENT PHASE STORAGE LAUNCH/READY FOR LAUNCH OPERATIONS ADDITIONAL LIFE POSSIBLE 50 esa bulletin 131 - august 2007 www.esa.int www.esa.int esa bulletin 131 - august 2007 51 BPb131.qxd 8/1/07 5:10 PM Page 50 Programmes In Progress 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 PROJECT JFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASONDJFMAMJJASOND COMMENTS SPACE TELESCOPE LAUNCHED APRIL1990 ULYSSES LAUNCHED OCTOBER 1990 Programmes SOHO LAUNCHED DECEMBER 1995 HUYGENS LAUNCHED OCTOBER 1997 XMM-NEWTON LAUNCHED DECEMBER 1999 CLUSTER RE-LAUNCHED MID-2000 INTEGRAL LAUNCHED OCTOBER 2002 MARS EXPRESS LAUNCHED JUNE 2003 SMART-1 LAUNCHED SEPTEMBER 2003 TC-1 LAUNCHED DECEMBER. 2003 SCIENTIFIC DOUBLE STAR PROGRAMME TC-2 LAUNCHED JULY 2004 in Progress ROSETTA LAUNCHED MARCH 2004 VENUS EXPRESS LAUNCHED NOVEMBER 2005 HERSCHEL/PLANCK LAUNCH JULY 2008 LISA PATHFINDER LAUNCH 1st QUARTER 2010 Status end-June 2007 GAIA LAUNCH END-2011 JWST LAUNCH JUNE 2013 BEPICOLOMBO LAUNCH AUGUST 2013 METEOSAT-5/6/7 M5 LAUNCHED 1991, M6 1993, M7 1997 ERS-2 LAUNCHED APRIL 1995 ENVISAT LAUNCHED MARCH 2002 MSG-1 MSG-2 MSG MSG-3 LAUNCH 2011, MSG-4 LAUNCH 2013 METOP METOP-A LAUNCH OCTOBER 2006, METOP-B 2010, METOP-C 2015 CRYOSAT LAUNCH FAILURE OCTOBER 2005 CRYOSAT-2 LAUNCH MARCH 2009 GOCE LAUNCH END-FEBRUARY 2008 PROGRAMME SMOS LAUNCH MAY 2008 EARTH OBSERVATION EARTH ADM-AEOLUS LAUNCH JUNE 2009 SWARM LAUNCH 2010 EARTHCARE LAUNCH END-2012 ARTEMIS LAUNCHED JULY 2001 ALPHABUS LAUNCH 2011 SMALL GEO SAT. LAUNCH END-2010 GNSS-1/EGNOS OPERATIONS START 2007 COMMS./NAV. PROGRAMME GIOVE-A GIOVE-B GALILEOSAT GIOVE-A LAUNCHED DEC. 2005 GIOVE-B LAUNCH END-2007, IOV 2009 PROBA-1 LAUNCHED OCTOBER 2001 PROBA-2 LAUNCH MAY 2008 PROG. TECHNOL. SLOSHSAT LAUNCHED FEBRUARY 2005 COLUMBUS LAUNCH DECEMBER 2007 ATV FIRST LAUNCH JANUARY 2008 NODE-2 & -3 & CUPOLA LAUNCHES OCTOBER 2007 & APRIL 2010 CUPOLA WITH NODE-3 ERA LAUNCH NOT BEFORE END-2009 MSG MELFI 1 EDR/EUTEF/SOLAR MELFI 2 ISS BARTER & UTIL. PREP. EDR/EUTEF/SOLAR WITH COLUMBUS FOTON-MI APCF-6/BIOBOX-5/ MATROSHKA FOTON-M2 TEXUS-42 MAXUS-7/TEXUS-43 TEXUS-44/45MASER-11 MAXUS-8 MARES ARMS/BIOPACK/ PFS EML-1 EMIR/ELIPS FAST-2/ERISTO MASER-10 EMCS/ TEXUS MAXUS-6 PEMS FOTON-M3 PCDF -46 MSL MFC BIO, FSL, EPM with COLUMBUS ASTRONAUT FLT. & EXPLORATION PROGRAMME & EXPLORATION AURORA CORE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, MICROGRAVITY HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, EXOMARS LAUNCH MID-2013 ARIANE-5 OPERATIONAL VEGA FIRST LAUNCH SEPTEMBER 2008 PROG. SOYUZ AT CSG READY FOR LAUNCH DECEMBER 2008 LAUNCHER DEFINITION PHASE MAIN DEVELOPMENT PHASE STORAGE LAUNCH/READY FOR LAUNCH OPERATIONS ADDITIONAL LIFE POSSIBLE 50 esa bulletin 131 - august 2007 www.esa.int www.esa.int esa bulletin 131 - august 2007 51 BPb131.qxd 8/1/07 5:11 PM Page 52 Programmes In Progress The Deuteronilus Mensae region on Mars, an area primarily transit) should show an increase in both the X-ray counterparts are shown as circles. characterised by glacial features, was imaged on 14 March 2005 Ulysses galactic and anomalous cosmic ray Novae occur when material builds up on the by the High Resolution Stereo Camera of Mars Express. components as Ulysses approaches the surface of a white dwarf star and reaches Resolution is about 29 m/pixel. (ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, Ulysses completed its third passage over the ecliptic. The most recent observations have sufficient density for nuclear burning. The G. Neukum) Sun’s south polar cap at the beginning of yet to reveal a clear pattern, however. resulting explosion creates a nova visible in April and is now executing the rapid transit the optical waveband for a few to a hundred from south to north that will bring it over the days. The X-ray emission becomes visible northern polar cap at the end of the year. The some time after the explosion, when the subsystems and science instruments are in Cassini-Huygens matter ejected by the nova has thinned out. good health. The fact that Ulysses is now This allows astronomers to peer down onto coming closer to the Sun means that the Cassini-Huygens held its 42nd Project the surface of a white dwarf that is of May 2007. After some high downloading large onboard heaters are no longer needed Science Group meeting in Athens, Greece, on undergoing nuclear burning, which continues peaks in December and January (total and there is sufficient power to operate the 4–8 June. Several press and media activities until the fuel is exhausted. downloading rate was about 1 TB), the rate full science payload without time-sharing. were included. A series of Huygens science has returned to a regular level of 30 GB per results under publication in Planetary and The physics of these outbursts is still poorly month. CAA will produce extensive sets of As predicted, nutation returned in mid- Space Sciences was summarised in several understood and the well-constrained X-ray pre-generated plots (1-h, 6-h, 24-h, orbital February, and will last for about 12 months. web articles on ESA’s web page in early June. turn-on and turn-off times provided by XMM- plots from all spacecraft) that illustrate the During this period, the motion of the Newton are important constraints for various data products. This work is spinning spacecraft is disturbed by non- A 2-year Cassini mission extension (mid- computer models of these explosions. approaching completion and the system is symmetric heating of the axial boom. The 2008 to mid-2010) is under consideration by expected to become available in summer instruments instead of seven and VILSPA-2 of the distribution of aluminium-26 special operational measures developed NASA. In addition, the frequent X-ray observations 2007. The 2nd Operations Review, held on will not be needed for the smaller volume of throughout our Galaxy. Iron-60 is produced during previous nutation episodes are being have revealed a new class of novae: ones 15–16 May, was successful. Although there data. deeper in stars by a different process and successfully employed to keep the that start to emit X-rays and then turn off is still a lot of work to do before the end of expelled into space only when the star disturbance under control. within just a few months. Such novae would the year (delivery of all data up to 2005), the As of early June 2007, 614 papers had been explodes at the end of its life. By accurately XMM-Newton have been overlooked in previous surveys, Board acknowledged the considerable work published in the refereed literature and 35 measuring the amounts of aluminium-26 and On the science front, particular attention is which looked only once every 6 months or that was accomplished in one year. PhDs obtained using Cluster and Double star iron-60 in our Galaxy, astronomers will be being paid to the changes in the cosmic XMM-Newton is finding new ways of so. Within that time, the fast novae would data. A recent paper published by Sergeev better able to understand the processes by radiation detected by the instruments. The investigating exploding stars. The image have blinked on and off. As of early June 2007, 614 papers had been and co-workers showed a case study where which the elements are produced and how intensity of positively charged cosmic-ray below shows an XMM-Newton X-ray image published in the refereed literature and 35 magnetic reconnection was observed much they are distributed into interstellar space, particles measured by Ulysses during its of the central regions of the Andromeda PhDs obtained using Cluster and Double Star closer to Earth than usual over the nightside ready to condense to form the next slow climb to high southern latitudes showed galaxy, or M31.
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