session 1
- Title
Space Astronomy missions, strategies and plans
- type
oral
- Description
The session comprises invited talks by international space-agency division directors about their long-term views, priorities, and plans to implement developments and missions for the four fields (exoplanets, space astronomy, space physics and fundamental physics). The mission scope ranges from flagship-class, large-class, medium-class, and small-class to smallsat platforms. The programme scope includes status updates on current programmes, near-term investment priorities, and long-range directions, including the relationship to community and guiding research panels.
- Date
2025-09-29
- Time
- Room
- IPC members
Co-Chair: Dr. Eric Wille, ESA, The Netherlands;
Co-Chair: Dr. Alessandra Di Cecco, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Italy;
Rapporteur: Dr. Andrew Court, TNO, The Netherlands;
Order | Time | Paper title | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15:30 | Which future for high energy astrophysics from space in Europe? | 15 | Prof. Pietro Ubertini | INAF | Italy | |
2 | 15:45 | Observing the Near-Infrared extragalactic sky with the Euclid satellite | 15 | Dr. Gianluca Polenta | Italian Space Agency (ASI) | Italy | |
3 | 16:00 | The Ariel Mission \\ A mission of the European Space Agency for the characterization of exoplanets | 15 | Mr. Anders Svedevall | ESA | The Netherlands | |
4 | 16:15 | The Black Hole Explorer Mission: Space-VLBI for the Study of Supermassive Black Holes | 15 | confirmed | Dr. Hannah Rana | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) | United States |
5 | 16:30 | Translating astronomy into space technology in a regional Queensland | 15 | Prof. Brad Carter | Australia | ||
6 | 16:45 | STEP-02: A Narrow-Angle Precision Astrometry Mission Preparing for Service | 15 | Dr. Ding Chen | Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), China Aerospace and Technology Corporation (CASC) | China | |
7 | 17:00 | L1 Optical Lensing (LOL): Using the Earth as an Atmospheric Lens | 15 | Ms. Serena Campioli | Politecnico di Torino | Italy |