Euclid | Lift-off
ESA’s latest astrophysics mission, Euclid, lifted off on a Space X Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA, at 17:12 CEST on 1 July 2023.
Euclid has now started its month-long journey to Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, located 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, in the opposite direction from the Sun.
The telescope will survey one third of the sky with unprecedented accuracy and sensitivity. By observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, it will create the most extensive 3D-map of the Universe, with the third dimension representing time.
ESA’s Euclid mission is designed to explore the composition and evolution of the dark Universe. Euclid will chart how the Universe has expanded and how large-scale structure is distributed across space and time, revealing more about the role of gravity and the nature of dark energy and dark matter.
Four weeks after launch, Euclid will enter its orbit around L2. Once in orbit, mission controllers will start the activities to verify all functions of the spacecraft, check out the telescope and finally turn the instruments on.
Following this, scientists and engineers will be engaged in an intense two-month phase of testing and calibrating Euclid’s scientific instruments, and preparing for routine observations. The telescope begins its early phase of the survey of the Universe three months after launch.
Find out more about Euclid in ESA’s launch kit: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid/Euclid_launch_kit
Credits: SpaceX
00:00 – 01:00 Lift-off
01:00 – 02:25 MAX-Q
02:25 – 03:20 Fairing separation
03:20 – 04:50 Feather deployment
04:50 – 05:20 Second Stage Engine Cutoff
05:20 – 06:02 Booster landing in the ocean
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congratulation to spacex
Incredible landing. – Just F*****g incredible – – Big props to all the people that made this happen!
Vive la Falcon9 de SpaceX, j'espère et je souhaite que dans le futur, l'ESA puisse faire mieux que SpaceX
Congratulations for this launch.
Where can we follow the deployment of Euclid ? Like JWST on the month to L2 .
This initial great accomplishment confirms this writer's prediction published 11 months prior on 6 August 3022.
fantastic events Wow
Im so proud of my space program!
Congratulations and well done to the team here in EASA and the space x. This marks the beginning of the new era in space exploration’s.
A humble comment from an astronomer with
a small telescope aiming at sky everyday and loves watching the beauty of the universe
Astonishing! The accuracy of the booster landing on the ship was. Incredible, considering the speed of descent – yet such a neat landing! And the amazing views from the spacecraft… I'm blown away, thank you.
Congratulations to ESA; NASA; and SpaceX to the successful launch!!! P.S. I did not know that on ESA YouTube channels and comments we can get a Kudos from an ESA Moderator!
Can I have one Kudos please, Thanks!
US news following the maxim "if it bleeds, it leads" has caused us to watch less TV news. Never heard about the switch to the Falcon9. So when I did learn of the mission from Anton, I knew the launch must of went off without a hitch! Watching the Mvac glow and 1st stage landing really made my day! These things are we we need to do more of…..thank you, sincerely. Lawson di Ransom Canyon
Spacex falkon rockets are an incredible work. Absolutely fascinating engineering design perfection. Just spot on.
Mrr
First Euclid images today…
