Mission Overview
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.
Payloads
1
Type
Astrophysics
Vehicle
Ariane 62
Window
12:00 AM UTC – 12:00 AM UTC
Rocket
AR
Arianespace
Launch Site
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana