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ESA's FutureEO programme visualization (2021)
ESA's Earth Explorer missions (2022) ESA's Earth Explorer missions ESA24420537.jpeg
ESA's Earth Explorer missions (2022)
ESA's Living Planet programme visualization (2013) ESA's Living Planet Programme.jpg
ESA's Living Planet programme visualization (2013)

FutureEO Programme (formerly Living Planet Programme) [1] [2] is a programme within the European Space Agency (ESA) which is managed by the Earth Observation Programmes Directorate. FutureEO consists of two series of Earth observation satellite missions: the established Earth Explorers and smaller, agile Scout missions. [3]

Contents

Earth Explorer missions

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ADM-Aeolus model
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Artist's impression of the Biomass satellite

Launched

Selected

Non-selected

Past candidate missions that were not selected include:

Earth Explorer 12 candidates

From the 17 submissions, ESA’s Advisory Committee for Earth Observation (ACEO) recommended that four of the ideas should go forward to the assessment study phase: [37]

Scout missions

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Illustration of the HydroGNSS satellite

See also

References

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  2. "Earth Explorers: ESA's pioneering science missions for Earth". www.esa.int. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
  3. "Scouts: ESA's agile research missions". www.esa.int. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
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  21. "ALTIUS - ESA's ozone mission". ESA. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  22. "Arianespace to launch with Vega C FLEX & ALTIUS, two ESA programmes at the service of environment". Arianespace (Press release). 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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  29. "PREMIER – Report for Mission Selection – An Earth Explorer to observe atmospheric composition". ESA. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  30. "Reports on Earth Explorer Candidates CarbonSat and FLEX Now Available". ESA. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  31. "Two new Earth Explorer concepts to understand our rapidly changing world". ESA. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  32. "Save the date: Earth Explorer 9 User Consultation Meeting". ESA. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  33. 1 2 "Three Earth Explorer ideas selected". ESA. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  34. 1 2 3 "Calling for ideas for next Earth Explorer". ESA. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  35. 1 2 3 "Four mission ideas to compete for Earth Explorer 11". ESA. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  36. 1 2 3 "Cairt and Wivern Earth Explorer candidates go forward". ESA. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  37. "ESA selects for new Earth Explorer mission ideas". ESA. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  38. "CubeMAP mission development halted". www.esa.int. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
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  43. "The European Space Agency awards Thales Alenia Space the study of the SIRIUS mission to monitor Urban Heat Islands from space". thalesgroup. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  44. Aeroespacial, Actualidad (26 June 2025). "La ESA adjudica a Thales Alenia Space el estudio de la misión SIRIUS". Actualidad Aeroespacial (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 June 2025.