LOFT toward the ESA M4 competition!
Dear LOFT Supporter,
as you might know, in its 18th February meeting the ESA Science Program Committee endorsed the Advisory Structure's recommendation of PLATO, as M3 mission to be launched on 2024.
Despite the non-selection, the ESA review on LOFT has been very positive:
http://sci.esa.int/cosmic-vision/53109-cosmic-vision-m3-candidate-missions-presentation-event/?fbodylongid=2233
The LOFT science was fully recognized as very strong and the mission suitable to address it.
The LOFT technology was evaluated as mature and the mission feasible within the boundaries of an ESA M-class mission.
Such excellent performance of LOFT in the M3 competition could be achieved also thanks to your very enthusiastic support in the past years.
The high level of maturity of the mission, as well as its clean and solid assessment of the unique science case, still make LOFT a very competitive mission.
For this reason, the LOFT Consortium Board confirmed the intention to continue the development of this mission and aim at participating to the upcoming M4 ESA competition (expected launch date 2026).
We look forward to your continued support to LOFT.
Stay tuned at
http://www.isdc.unige.ch/loft !
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LOFT project
webmaster
http://www.isdc.unige.ch/loft
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as you might know, in its 18th February meeting the ESA Science Program Committee endorsed the Advisory Structure's recommendation of PLATO, as M3 mission to be launched on 2024.
Despite the non-selection, the ESA review on LOFT has been very positive:
http://sci.esa.int/cosmic-vision/53109-cosmic-vision-m3-candidate-missions-presentation-event/?fbodylongid=2233
The LOFT science was fully recognized as very strong and the mission suitable to address it.
The LOFT technology was evaluated as mature and the mission feasible within the boundaries of an ESA M-class mission.
Such excellent performance of LOFT in the M3 competition could be achieved also thanks to your very enthusiastic support in the past years.
The high level of maturity of the mission, as well as its clean and solid assessment of the unique science case, still make LOFT a very competitive mission.
For this reason, the LOFT Consortium Board confirmed the intention to continue the development of this mission and aim at participating to the upcoming M4 ESA competition (expected launch date 2026).
We look forward to your continued support to LOFT.
Stay tuned at
http://www.isdc.unige.ch/loft !
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LOFT project
webmaster
http://www.isdc.unige.ch/loft
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