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Arianespace · Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 2027-03-31 · 00:00:00 UTC

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Vehicle

Ariane 62 Block 2

Orbit

Crewed

Mission

Astrophysics

Operator

Arianespace

Mission Details

PayloadPLATO

Mission typeAstrophysics

Launch siteGuiana Space Centre · Ariane Launch Area 4

OrbitL2

Operator agencyArianespace

CountryFrench Guiana

Date2027-03-31

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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.

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