New ATHENA, ESA L4 Enceladus mission design concept (tentative title)

Dr. Frederic Safa
Directorate of Space Science, Head of Future missions department (SCI-F), ESA.

Dr Frederic Safa is leading the Future Missions department in the ESA science directorate. He will present the evolution of the X-ray observatory L-mission, from the early Cosmic Vision studies (2008) to the newAthena mission that is now planned for launch around 2037, shortly after LISA. NewAthena will close the Cosmic Vision cycle that was initiated in 2006-2007.
The talk will also address the successor of Cosmic Vision, Voyage 2050, through the definition of the L4 mission to the Saturn system. The mission concept has been elaborated in close coordination with the scientific community with the objective to timely land on the Enceladus south pole in the 2050s under good sun-illumination conditions. The mission is proceeding in its definition and technology maturation phase and the spacecraft development is planned to start in 2035.

Conference Hall (2nd floor/ Research and Administration Building A),　Via Zoom