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NEWS | Carbon-I has been selected for Phase A

Carbon-I has been selected for Phase A

Greenhouse Gases
Earth System Explorer
Satellite mission
Remote Sensing
NASA announced the selection of four ESE Explorer mission concepts
Author

Christian Frankenberg

Published

May 7, 2024

NASA’s ESE Concept Study selection

We received more than welcome News! Our mission concept has been chosen by NASA to advance into a Phase A concept study as part of the Earth System Explorer call. Congratulations also to the STRIVE, EDGE, and ODYSEA concepts. An intense year will be ahead of us to work on the Concept Study Report for Carbon-I, together with JPL as managing organization, Lockheed Martin as spacecraft provider and many scientists across various institutions.

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