Program archive

Cosmic Vision

Cosmic Vision is explored here through 5 archived missions, from CHEOPS through Plato, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.

Missions: 5
People: 0
Vehicles: 5

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Cosmic Vision timeline

4 flights. One complete program record.

Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.

Every Cosmic Vision program record

All 5 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.

Launch corridor

4 flights and tests compressed into 1 expandable arc · 1 unflown concept parked off the flight path.

Arc 01Ignition2019–2023 · 4 records

Flight arc 01IgnitionCHEOPS → Euclid2019–2023 · 4 records2019–2023
4 records

Off the flight pathUnflown conceptsPlans and assignments preserved in the archive, but never flown.1 record

Planned for January 2027Plato005