ESA Horizon 2000 programme

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The ESA Horizon 2000 programme was a long-term cornerstone science plan by the European Space Agency that defined and funded major space science missions, including flagship projects like Rosetta.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Space Agency programme
long-term science plan
space science programme
appliesTo ESA Science Programme
surface form: Science Programme of ESA
approvedBy ESA Science Programme
surface form: ESA Science Programme Committee
basedOn recommendations of ESA advisory committees
country European Space Agency member states
designedBy European Space Agency Science Directorate
surface form: ESA Science Directorate
endPoint around 2010 for last missions launch window
endTime around 2005
field astrophysics
heliophysics
planetary science
space science
focus balanced mix of large and medium missions
cornerstone missions with large scientific return
long-term planning of ESA science missions
followedBy ESA Science Programme
surface form: Cosmic Vision programme

ESA Horizon 2000 programme self-linksurface differs
surface form: Horizon 2000 Plus programme
follows COS-B era ad hoc science mission planning
hasPart cornerstone missions
medium-size missions
small missions
impact enabled multiple flagship missions like Rosetta
established ESA as a leading space science agency
inception mid-1980s
notableWork Cassini–Huygens European elements
Cluster mission
Giotto mission extensions
Herschel Space Observatory
Hipparcos satellite
surface form: Hipparcos mission

Huygens probe contribution
INTEGRAL mission
Infrared Space Observatory
surface form: ISO Infrared Space Observatory

Planck spacecraft
surface form: Planck mission

Rosetta mission
SOHO mission
Ulysses spacecraft
surface form: Ulysses mission

XMM-Newton mission
operator European Space Agency
purpose to define ESA long-term space science priorities
to fund major ESA space science missions
scope cosmology
high-energy astrophysics
solar system exploration
stellar and galactic astronomy
startPoint early 1990s
startTime 1984
timeHorizon about 20 years

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Rosetta mission program ESA Horizon 2000 programme
Herschel Space Observatory partOfProgram ESA Horizon 2000 programme
this entity surface form: ESA Horizon 2000 science program
Planck spacecraft partOfProgram ESA Horizon 2000 programme
this entity surface form: Horizon 2000+ programme
Rosetta (on earlier Ariane 5 variant family) program ESA Horizon 2000 programme
subject surface form: Rosetta
this entity surface form: ESA Horizon 2000 cornerstone missions
ESA Horizon 2000 programme followedBy ESA Horizon 2000 programme self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Horizon 2000 Plus programme