FORUM
The Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) mission will improve climate models and, therefore, climate prediction.
An artist impression of what FORUM could look like. Credit: Airbus
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UK has invested in the ESA Earth Observation Envelope Programme - ESA EOEP-4, EOEP-5, and FutureEO programmes.
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FORUM is also a part of the European Space Agency바카라 사이트™s (ESA) which focuses on the and the Earth바카라 사이트™s interior with the overall aim of learning more about the interactions between these components and the impact that human activity is having on natural Earth processes.
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Contracts are expected to be signed in 2021 and the mission is due to launch in 2026.
Stakeholders: Dr Helen Brindley, from the Department of Physics at Imperial college London, helped to lead the science for FORUM and secure its selection by ESA. ESA. Airbus UK & RAL Space OR TAS UK (TBC).