Gaia Calendar
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Conferences, Workshops & Symposia

 

For MW-Gaia workshops, see MW-Gaia.org.

For MW-Gaia Doctoral Network workshops and meetings, see here.

Date Conference/Symposium Place Link
29 June - 3 July 2026 European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting  Lausanne, Switzerland More info
29 June - 30 June 2026 Gaia Symposium S7 at EAS meeting: Gaia, at the dawn of Gaia DR4, preparing for DR5 and beyond Lausanne, Switzerland More info
6 - 31 July 2026 From the interstellar medium to the formation of stars: physics, tools and methods Les Houches, France More info
6 - 10 July 2026 How stars move around: what do they tell us about galaxies Sexten More info
1 - 9 August 2026 COSPAR 2026 Florence, Italy More info
10 August - 4 September 2026 Bridging gaps in high-mass star research: physical parameters, formation and evolution Garching, Germany More info
31 August - 4 September 2026 17th Gaia science alerts and ACME time-domain workshop Frejus, France More info
7 - 11 September DPAC Consortium meeting Restricted to Gaia DPAC -
6 - 19 Septembrer 2026 Clouds over the Pyrenees Benasque, Spain More info
11 - 15 January 2027 From Gaia to GaiaNIR - Science from Precision Astrometry Across the Universe and Beyond the Extinction Barrier Athens, Greece More info
1 March - 22 April 2027 The dynamic lives and deaths of massive stars Santa Barbara, USA More info

 

 

Internal Gaia Calendar (DPAC)

Please note: Attendance to these meetings is restricted to DPAC members and invited guests.

Only members who have signed in to the Gaia Cosmos site will be able to access the links below.
Previous Meetings Archive
Date Title Place Local Organiser Link
11 - 12 February 2025 GST meeting ESAC J. Sahlmann  
10 - 11 June 2025 GST meeting Leiden A. Brown  
11 - 12 June 2025 DPACE meeting Leiden A. Brown  
7-11 September 2026 9th DPAC Consortium Meeting Geneva    
December 2026 Gaia Data Release 4 Everywhere   More info


 

 

Important dates of Gaia

 
Date Event Place Link
12 October 1993 Proposal for the Gaia mission - More info
11-12 October 2000 Selection of the Gaia mission by ESA - More info
9 February 2006 Adoption of the Gaia mission by ESA    
15 June 2006 Gaia DPAC starts activities - More info / More info
7 June 2007 ESA SPC approves DPAC proposal for Gaia data processing - More info
19 December 2013 09:12 UTC Gaia launch Kourou More info
25 July 2014 Start of routine operations - More info
14 September 2016 Gaia Data Release 1 - More info
25 April 2018 Gaia Data Release 2 - More info
16 July 2019 Whitehead Eclipse Avoidance Manoeuvre marks the end of nominal mission - More info
17 July 2019 First day of mission extension - More info
3 December 2020 Early Gaia Data Release 3 - More info
13 June 2022 Gaia Data Release 3 - More info
10 October 2023 Focused Product Release - More info
19 December 2023 Gaia's launch anniversary - 10 years in space L2 More info
25 July 2024 Gaia 10 years of science operations - More info
15 January 2025 Gaia end of observations L2 More info
15 January 2025 Start of technology testing - More info
15 January 2025 Gaia spacecraft follow-up campaign - More info
27 March 2025 Gaia spacecraft passivation - More info
1 July 2025 Gaia moves into post-operations - -
Expected December 2026 Gaia Data Release 4 - More info
Not before the end of 2030 Gaia Data Release 5 - More info