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The mission

Carrying a Fourier transform spectrometer, FORUM – short for Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring – will measure Earth’s outgoing radiation in the far-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum that has never been measured from space before. Data from FORUM will provide unique insight into Earth’s radiation budget and how it is controlled, thereby fill in a missing piece of the climate jigsaw.


The launch

  • Date: 2028

  • Site: Kourou, French Guiana

  • Rocket: Vega-C


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0.1 K accuracy
15 km diameter footprint
10 630 water lines
0.1 mm in the far-infrared

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ARCHIVE CONTENT: 18 DEC. 2024

ESA signs launch contract for climate mission FORUM with Avio

ESA has officially signed a launch service contract with Avio for the upcoming FORUM mission. Scheduled for launch in late 2027, FORUM—short for Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring—will lift off on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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ARCHIVE CONTENT: 28 JUN. 2022

Contract secures design for ESA’s FORUM satellite

ESA has awarded a contract worth €160 million to Airbus in the UK to build the Earth Explorer FORUM satellite. This exciting new mission will yield unique insight into the planet’s radiation budget and how it is controlled – thereby filling in a critical missing piece of the climate jigsaw.Short for Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring, FORUM is ESA’s ninth Earth Explorer mission.
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