EChO
| Mission type | Astronomy |
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| Operator | ESA |
| Website | sci.esa.int/echo |
| Mission duration | 4–5 years[1][2] |
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| Launch mass | 2,100 kg (4,600 lb)[3] |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2024[1] |
| Rocket | Soyuz STA/Fregat[2] |
| Launch site | Kourou ELS[3] |
| Contractor | Arianespace |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Sun–Earth L2[3][2] |
| Regime | Halo or Lissajous |
| Epoch | planned |
| Main telescope | |
| Type | Cassegrain[2] |
| Diameter | 1.4 m (4.6 ft)[2] |
| Focal length | 2 m (6.6 ft)[2] |
| Collecting area | 14 m2 (150 sq ft)[2] |
| Wavelengths | from 0.55 µm (orange) to 11µm (long-infrared) (goal: 0.4 to 16 µm)[1][2] |
The Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO) was a proposed space telescope[2] as part of the Cosmic Vision roadmap of the European Space Agency, and competed with four other missions for the M3 slot in the programme. On February 19, 2014, the PLATO mission was selected in place of the other candidates in the programme, including EChO.[4]
EChO would be the first dedicated mission to investigate exoplanetary atmospheres, addressing the suitability of those planets for life and placing the Solar System in context. EChO is intended to provide high resolution, multi-wavelength spectroscopic observations. It would measure the atmospheric composition, temperature and albedo of a representative sample of known exoplanets, constrain models of their internal structure and improve our understanding of how planets form and evolve.[5] It will orbit around the L2 Lagrange point, 1.5 million km from Earth in the anti-sunward direction.
Other M3 mission candidates
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