Completed PLATO spacecraft is ready for final tests
By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers have completed the construction of Plato, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover…
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PLATO spreads its wings
By fitting its sunshield and solar panels, engineers recently completed the construction of PLATO, the European Space Agency’s mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets. …
PLATO arrived at ESA’s test centre by boat
The European Space Agency’s PLATO spacecraft has safely arrived at ESTEC, ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands. There, engineers will…
Plato’s eyes meet brain
On 11 June, engineers at OHB’s facilities in Germany joined together the two main parts of ESA’s Plato mission. They used a…
Planet hunter Plato to fly on Ariane 6
Today, the European Space Agency (ESA) Director of Science, Carole Mundell, ESA Director of Space Transportation, Toni Tolker-Nielsen, and Arianespace Chief Commercial…
First PLATO Camera
The activities to integrate PLATO’s cameras have started in OHB’s Space Centre & Optics facility in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. One by one the…
Ten Camera Flight Models ready for integration: names unveiled
How many earth-like planets orbit the habitable zone of solar-like stars? How planets form and evolve in their planetary systems?…
The PLATO Steering Committee visits ESTEC during the Structural Model test campaign
The PLATO Steering Committee had the opportunity to visit the ESA ESTEC facility during a test campaign of the Satellite…
The SWT visits ESTEC during the Structural Model test campaign
The PLATO SWT had the opportunity to visit the ESA ESTEC facility during a test campaign of the Satellite Structural…
Planet-hunting eye of Plato
Key technology for ESA’s exoplanet-hunting Plato spacecraft has passed a trial by vacuum to prove the mission will work as…
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