Euclid (spacecraft) operator European Space Astronomy Centre
Milestones
NASA signed a memorandum of understanding with ESA on 24 January 2013 describing its participation in the mission. NASA will provide 20 detectors for the near-infrared band instrument, which will operate in parallel with a camera in the visible-light band. The instruments, the telescope, and the satellite will be built and operated from Europe. NASA has also appointed 40 American scientists to be part of the Euclid consortium, which will develop the instruments and analyse the data generated by the mission. Currently, this consortium brings together more than 1000 scientists from 13 European countries and the United States.In 2015, Euclid passed a preliminary design review, having completed a large number of technical designs as well as built and tested key components.In December 2018, Euclid passed its critical design review, which validated the overall spacecraft design and mission architecture plan, and final spacecraft assembly was allowed to commence.In July 2020, the two instruments (visible and NIR) were delivered to Airbus, Toulouse, France for integration with the spacecraft.After Russia withdrew (in 2022) the Soyuz planned to launch Euclid, ESA reassigned it to a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle, but still to launch in 2023.
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