Mission Profile
The overall PLATO mission profile consists of the following phases: Pre-launch phase, from launch campaign preparation to launch vehicle…
The overall PLATO mission profile consists of the following phases: Pre-launch phase, from launch campaign preparation to launch vehicle…
PLATO is foreseen to be launched in 2026 from Kourou by a Soyuz 2-1b rocket with Fregat upper stage and…
Operational Orbit PLATO will perform its scientific observations on a free-insertion, large amplitude, eclipse-freelibration orbit around L2. This orbit is unstable…
The available data volume transmitted by K- and X-band antenna is 435 Gb average per day. The budget is separated…
The PLATO spacecraft is a 3-axis stabilised system with a launch mass of 2165 kg, including consumables, and size of…
PLATO has a flexible observing approach. Two observing strategies are reflected in the science requirements, long-duration observation of the same…
For each spacecraft pointing, the list of targets to be observed will be identified and compiled in the PLATO Input…
The baseline telemetry budget yields a daily data volume of 435 Gb. The data products will be reformatted into…
After identification of a planet candidate, ground-based follow up observations are needed to confirm and characterise the planetary nature of…
Required telescope time for planet mass determinations From the information on the planet yield, the cost of “equivalent precision” radial…