PLATO (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
WEBPLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is a space telescope under development by the European Space Agency for launch in 2026. [4] The mission goals are to search for planetary transits across up to one million stars, and to discover and characterize rocky extrasolar planets around yellow dwarf stars (like the Sun ), subgiant ...
ESA - Plato factsheet - European Space Agency
WEBName: Plato (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) Planned launch: 2026. Mission theme: Studying terrestrial planets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars, and characterising these stars. Status: Plato was selected as the third medium (‘M-class’) mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015–25 plan in February 2014. When ...
| Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars: the ESA M3 mission in ...
WEBPLATO is the M3 mission in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Program of the European Space Agency. With 26 telescopes of 20 cm class, that all togheter collect photons like a telescope of 1 m class covering a field of view 10,000 times the area of the full Moon, it will survey the brightest stars in the sky for transiting planets.
ESA - Plato - European Space Agency
WEBJul 13, 2023 · ESA’s mission Plato, PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, will use its 26 cameras to study terrestrial exoplanets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. The mission will measure the sizes of exoplanets …
Overview - PLATO
WEBThe PLATO space mission (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillation of stars) will detect terrestrial exoplanets at orbits up to the habitable zone of solar-type stars and characterise their bulk properties. PLATO will provide key information (planetary radii, mean densities, ages, stellar irradiation, and architecture of planetary systems) needed to ...
ESA Science & Technology - Spacecraft - European Space Agency
WEBMar 21, 2022 · The PLATO spacecraft is a 3-axis stabilised system with a launch mass of 2500 kg, including consumables, a size of about 3.5 m (x) × 3.6 m (y) × 3.7 m (z) in stowed configuration, and a deployed wing span of approximately 9 m.
PLATO Spacecraft CDR - PLATO - Cosmos - European Space …
WEBThe Plato spacecraft is a 3-axis stabilised system with a launch mass of approximately 2500 kg, including consumables. It is about 3.5 m wide and 3.7 m high, with a sunshield that spans approximately 9 m.
Plato exoplanet mission gets green light for next phase
WEBJan 14, 2022 · Plato, ESA’s next-generation planet hunting mission, has been given the green light to continue with its development after the critical milestone review concluded successfully on 11 January 2022.
ESA Science & Technology - PLATO
WEBPLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is the third medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme. Its objective is to find and study a large number of extrasolar planetary systems, with emphasis on the properties of terrestrial planets in the habitable zone around solar-like stars.
PLATO - PLATO - Cosmos - European Space Agency
WEBWHAT IS PLATO? The primary goal of PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is to open a new way in exoplanetary science by detecting terrestrial exoplanets and characterising their bulk properties, including planets in the habitable zone of Sun-like stars.