EURECA MISSION SUMMARY

ABSTRACT The first EURECA mission, a multidisciplinary science and technology mission, achieved all the objectives defined before the flight. This paper presents a summary of the mission, with emphasis on the support given to scientific instruments and the technological experience gained. An overview of the spacecraft and ground segment performance is given, from the point of view of the mission control team. Recommendations for improvements in both space and ground segments for a next flight are given, together with generic suggestions for other future projects, derived from the operational experience gained from the EURECA challenge.