The 2026 Ariel Science Ground Segment Workshop, open to all Ariel Mission Consortium and ESA members, will:
- take place on February 11th-12th 2026,
- be hosted by INAF Astrophysics and Space Science Observatory of Bologna,
- be held in Bologna (Italy), at the CNR Bologna Conference Centre.
Key Workshop aims:
- define roadmap and milestones to GSDR;
- clarify interfaces (within SGS (IOSDC-SOC), SGS-MOC, SGS-AST);
- identify any issues.
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2026 Ariel Science Ground Segment Workshop Programme |
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Notes: |
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Day #1 - Wednesday 11th February |
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Session 1: Mission and SGS Schedule and Development Plan |
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Start-End times (CET) |
Title |
Speaker |
| 10:30 - 10:35 | Welcome and Logistics | Pino |
| 10:35 - 11:15 | Mission Schedule, SGS Status and Milestones | Anja |
| 11:15 - 11:35 | IOSDC Architecture, Design and Development Plan | Chris |
| 11:35 - 12:00 | SOC Architecture, Design and Development Plan | Anja |
| Session 2: Uplink | ||
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Observations Planning: |
Charo |
| 12:30 - 13:00 |
Observations Planning: |
Juan Carlos |
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13:00 - 14:00: Lunch Break |
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Session 3: ESA Calls for Proposals |
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| 14:00 - 14:20 |
Core and Complementary Science ESA Calls |
Theresa |
| 14:20 - 14:40 |
SOC PHS (top level design) |
SOC (TBD) |
| 14:40 - 15:00 |
IOSDC Support to Core Science ESA Calls: ETC |
Arun |
| 15:00 - 15:20 |
IOSDC Support to Complementary Science ESA Calls: OTC |
David |
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Session 4: Downlink |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Level 0 Level 2 Pipeline status and plans:
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Andrea L., Andreas P. |
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15:30 - 16:00: Coffee Break |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
CRF tools for CORs and AOTs |
Andreas P. |
| 16:30 - 17:45 |
SOC-MOC-IOSDC and AST I/Fs |
Rocio / Theresa / Jonas |
| 17:45 - 18:30 |
Product Definition WG #7 |
Tim |
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19:00 - 21:00: Get-Together Banquet at Conference Venue |
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Day #2 - Thursday 12th February |
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Session 5: GSDR Datapack status |
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| 09:00 - 10:30 |
SOC selected SubSystems Requirements and Design Documents status:
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SOC |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
IOSDC selected SubSystems Requirements and Design Document status:
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IOSDC |
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11:00 - 11:30: Coffee Break |
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| 11:30 - 12:30 |
GSDR Datapack PA aspects:
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Julio |
| 12:30 - 13:00 |
V&V Plan Document |
Rocio |
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13:00 - 14:00: Lunch Break |
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Session 6: Workshop wrap-up |
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| 14:00 - 15:00 |
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Anja / All |
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End of Workshop |
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