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Ariane 62 Block 2 | PLATO
ArianespaceAriane Launch Area 4 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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mission
- Name
- PLATO
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Sun-Earth L2 (L2)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
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- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Ariane 62 Block 2
- Family
- Ariane
- Variant
- 62 Block 2
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- FRA
launch site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 4
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Timezone
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- 5.2563, -52.7868