Mission Profile
The overall PLATO mission profile consists of the following phases: Pre-launch phase, from launch campaign preparation to launch vehicle…
Mission in depth
Launch scenario and transfer
PLATO is foreseen to be launched in 2026 from Kourou by a Soyuz 2-1b rocket with Fregat upper stage and…
Operations at the Lagrange point 2 (L2)
Operational Orbit PLATO will perform its scientific observations on a free-insertion, large amplitude, eclipse-freelibration orbit around L2. This orbit is unstable…
Telemetry data budget
The available data volume transmitted by K- and X-band antenna is 435 Gb average per day. The budget is separated…
Spacecraft Design
The PLATO spacecraft is a 3-axis stabilised system with a launch mass of 2165 kg, including consumables, and size of…
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