CHEOPS
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CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) is a European space telescope. Its objective is to determine the size of known extrasolar planets, which will allow the estimation of their mass, density, composition and their formation. Launched on 18 December 2019, it is the first Small-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision science programme. The small satellite features an optical Ritchey–Chrétien telescope with an aperture of 30 cm, mounted on a standard small satellite platform. It was placed into a Sun-synchronous orbit of about 700 km altitude.
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)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- space telescope
- Part of
- Cosmic Vision
- Operator
- Swiss Space Office
- Mass
- 58
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defence and Space
- Official website
- cheops.unibe.ch/de
- Image
- CHEOPS spacecraft.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- start point
- Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz
- Commons category
- CHEOPS (spacecraft)
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2019-12-18
- launch contractor
- Arianespace
- nominal power output
- 64
- type of orbit
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- periapsis
- 712
- apoapsis
- 715
- orbital inclination
- 92.8
- carries scientific instrument
- photometer
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Article · 日本語
CHEOPS（CHaracterizing ExOPlanets Satellite：ケオプス）は欧州宇宙機関（ESA）とスイス宇宙局（SSO）の協力によって2019年12月18日に打ち上げられた太陽系外惑星の観測を目的とした小型宇宙望遠鏡である。
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