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]
Past candidate missions that were not selected include:
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]