Payload / Mission
PLATO
Plato, for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with 26 cameras to study terrestrial exoplanets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. Its goal is to measure the sizes of exoplanets and discover exomoons and rings around them, as well as characterise planets' host stars by studying tiny light variations in the starlight it receives.
📰 News
The European Space Agency’s terrestrial planet hunter Plato has recently completed a series of key tests inside the Maxwell Test Chamber at ESTEC, demonstrating that its electronic equipment is fit to work in space.
The European Space Agency has awarded a contract to launch its solar storm-monitoring CubeSat on an Ariane 6 rocket. Scheduled for launch in early 2027, the Henon CubeSat will be flown as a secondary passenger alongside ESA’s PLATO telescope, which will be tasked with finding Earth-like exoplanets. According to the agency’s 16 July press release, […] The post ESA Selects Ariane 6 to Launch Deep Space CubeSat appeared first on European Spaceflight.
Der vierte Flug einer Ariane 6 dieses Jahres wird mit dem Flug VA270 mit einer Ariane 62 den Wettersatelliten MTG-I2 am 27. August von Kourou aus in den Orbit befördern. Entwickelt wurde MTG-I2 durch die ESA, gebaut von einem Konsortium europäischer Firmen, vornehmlich Thales Alenia Space, OHB und Leonardo, und betrieben werden wird er wieder […] Der Beitrag 20. 7. 2026 – Arianespace startet MTG-I