ESA science missions get green light for new discoveries
At the Science Programme Committee (SPC) meeting held in Tenerife on 10–11 June, ESA has proposed that Plasma Observatory be selected as the M7 mission!
The SPC has taken note of this recommendation and will make the formal decision at its next meeting in November 2026.
M7, ESA has chosen an INAF-led mission (FORMAL DECISION EXPECTED IN NOVEMBER)
The ESA Advisory Committee has chosen the “seven sister probes” of the Plasma Observatory constellation as the seventh medium-size mission. Proposed by a team led by Maria Federica Marcucci of the National Institute for Astrophysics, it will be a constellation of seven satellites to study Earth’s magnetosphere. The launch will take place around the middle of the next decade.