2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return
Gaia
Created an unprecedented 3D map of the Milky Way.
Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 2013
- Lead / partner
- ESA
- Target
- Sun–Earth L2
- Category
- Space observatory
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
Why it happened
Gaia flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of ESA's work toward sun–earth l2. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Created an unprecedented 3D map of the Milky Way.
Results
Created an unprecedented 3D map of the Milky Way.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Pline, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · license: cc-by-sa-3.0 (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
