...the who's who,
and the what's what 
of the space industry

Space Careers

Products  Product List

Displaying items by tag: Cheops (spacecraft)

Wednesday, 03 April 2013 12:03

Cheops Satellite

CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) is a planned European space telescope for the study of the formation of extrasolar planets.

Slated for launch in 2017, the mission aims to bring an optical Ritchey–Chrétien telescope with an aperture of 30 cm, mounted on a standard small satellite platform, into a sun-synchronous orbit of about 800 km altitude. For the planned mission duration of 3.5 years, CHEOPS is to examine transiting exoplanets on known bright and nearby host stars. Its main goal will be to accurately measure the radii of the exoplanets for which ground-based spectroscopic surveys have already provided mass estimates. Knowing both the mass and the size of the exoplanets will allow scientists to determine the planets' approximate composition, such as whether they are gaseous or rocky.

Published in Projects

Latest News ...

Space Force command shifts on the Space Coast...
Enable JavaScript and cookies to continue This request seems a bit unusual, so we need to confirm ...

Read more

Bioplastic habitats could sustain algae growth for space...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2025 In a step toward sustainable extraterrestrial living, researche...

Read more

Boeing expands SES O3b mPOWER fleet with latest...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2025 Boeing has delivered the ninth and tenth O3b mPOWER satellites ...

Read more

China launches international association to boost global access...
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025 China will inaugurate the International Deep Space Exploration As...

Read more

Competing wave patterns may unlock turbulent secrets in...
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 02, 2025 Recent progress in hypersonic aerodynamics has shed light on one ...

Read more

Europe launches first geostationary atmospheric sounder to boost...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2025 Europe has advanced its ability to track extreme weather with t...

Read more

Heat sink technology put to the test aboard...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2025 A research team led by mechanical science and engineering profe...

Read more

Mars lost habitability due to its own climate...
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2025 Mars may once have flowed with rivers and lakes, but a new stud...

Read more

NASA shares SPHEREx sky survey data weekly to...
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 07, 2025 NASA's SPHEREx space telescope, launched in March, has begun publi...

Read more