This paper describes the status of EChO upon completion of the system level and instrument studies. Similarly, two parallel instrument studies were conducted till mid-2012, following which an Announcement of Opportunity was released and concluded in February 2013 by the selection of a single instrument consortium. Following the completion of the Concurrent Design Facility study conducted by ESA in June/July 2011, two parallel industrial studies were carried out throughout 2012, and were then extended till August 2013. It was selected in February 2011 to enter an assessment phase (phase 0/A). It aims at characterising the atmosphere of known transiting exoplanets, potentially from giant Hot Jupiters down to Super-Earths orbiting in the habitable zone of M-dwarf stars. Eccleston, P.ĮChO is an M-class mission candidate within the science program Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 of the European Space Agency.
Completion of the EChO phase 0/A study Completion of the EChO phase 0/A study
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