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The European Space Agency is very close to finalizing the following line-up of large (L-class) missions.

Mission Name Launch date Study targets
L1 JUICE 2022 The magnetic field of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
L2 Athena+ 2028 Black holes and galaxy clusters
L3 eLISA 2034 Gravitational ripples from black-hole mergers
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