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FLEX ( Fl uorescence Ex plorer) is the eighth satellite mission of the Earth Explorer -Programms ESA. The task of FLEX is to collect spatial data on chlorophyll fluorescence in order to quantify the photosynthetic activity of the vegetation.
Individual evidence
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↑ Our Missions. ESA, accessed January 29, 2020 .
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↑ Earth Explorers - an overview. ESA, accessed April 25, 2018 .
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↑ ESA relies on plant research. Forschungszentrum Jülich, November 19, 2015, accessed on April 25, 2018 .
Space probes and research satellites with
ESA participation
COS-B (1975) •
GEOS 1 and 2 (1977, 1978) •
OTS-1 and -2 (1977, 1978) •
ISEE 2 (1977) •
Meteosat (1977-1997) •
IUE (1978) •
Marecs A and B (1981, 1984) •
Exosat (1983) •
ECS (1983-1988) •
Giotto (1985) •
Olympus (1989) •
Hipparcos (1989) •
Hubble (1990) •
Ulysses (1990-2009) •
ERS 1 and 2 (1991, 1995)
EURECA (1992)
ISO (1995)
SOHO (1995)
Huygens (1997)
XMM-Newton (1999)
Cluster (2000)
Artemis (2001)
Proba-1 (2001)
Envisat (2002)
MSG-1, -2, -3, -4 (2002, 2005, 2012, 2015)
Integral (2002)
Mars Express (2003)
Smart-1 (2003)
Double Star (2003) ·
Rosetta (2004) ·
CryoSat (2005) ·
SSETI Express (2005) ·
Venus Express (2005) ·
Galileo (2005– 2020 ) ·
MetOp-A, -B and -C (2006, 2012, 2018) ·
Corot (2006 )
GOCE (2009)
Herschel (2009)
Planck (2009)
Proba-2 (2009)
SMOS (2009)
CryoSat-2 (2010)
HYLAS (2010)
Alphasat I-XL (2013)
Swarm (2013)
Gaia (2013)
Proba V (2013)
Sentinel 1A / 1B (2014, 2016)
Sentinel 2A / 2B (2015, 2017)
LISA Pathfinder (2015)
Sentinel 3A / 3B (2016, 2018)
ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (2016)
Schiaparelli (2016)
Sentinel-5P (2017)
ADM-Aeolus (2018)
BepiColombo (2018)
Cheops (2019)
Solar Orbiter ( 2020)
Planned starts:
JWST (2021) ·
MTG-I1 to -I4, -S1, -S2 (2021-2032) ·
Biomass (2022) ·
EarthCARE (2022) ·
Euclid (2022) ·
ExoMars Rover (2022) ·
Juice (2022 )
MetOp-SG (2022)
Altius (2023)
Hera (2023)
Smile (2023)
Flex (2024)
Forum (2026)
Plato (2026)
Ariel (2028)
Comet Interceptor (2028)
Mission Studies:
Athena (2031)
LISA (2034)