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CHEOPS
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Also known as Characterising Exoplanets Satellite

telescopio spaziale per ricerche esoplanetarie

Key facts

Spaceflight.name
Characterising Exoplanets Satellite (CHEOPS)
Spaceflight.image
CHEOPS spacecraft.png
Spaceflight.image_caption
An artist's impression of the CHEOPS space observatory
Spaceflight.image_alt
CHEOPS spacecraft
Spaceflight.image_size
300px
Spaceflight.mission_type
Exoplanetology, astrophysics
Spaceflight.operator
Swiss Space Office / ESA
Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
2019-092B
Spaceflight.SATCAT
44874
Spaceflight.mission_duration
3.5 years (nominal)+ 3 years (extended)Elapsed: (in progress)
Spaceflight.spacecraft_type
Space observatory
Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
SEOSAT
Spaceflight.manufacturer
Airbus Defence and Space (Spain)
Spaceflight.launch_mass
273 kg
Spaceflight.payload_mass
58 kg
Spaceflight.power
200 watts
Spaceflight.launch_date
18 December 2019, 08:54:20 UTC
Spaceflight.launch_rocket
Soyuz-ST-A/Fregat-M (Soyuz VS23)

via Wikipedia infobox

Article · Italiano

CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) è un telescopio spaziale per lo studio di pianeti extrasolari, tramite il metodo del transito. Il lancio è avvenuto il 18 dicembre 2019 alle ore 09:54 CET.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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