PLATO Program
ESA’s PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is a planned Cosmic Vision observatory that will use 26 cameras to discover and characterise terrestrial planets, including worlds in habitable-zone orbits around Sun-like stars, while measuring the properties of their host stars. Spacecraft construction was completed in 2025 and final testing is underway for the planned 2027 launch.
Identity
- Aliases
- PLATOPLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of starsPlato Mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- PLATO Program
- Status
- planned
- Types
- scienceresearchdevelopment
Details
- Description
- ESA’s PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is a planned Cosmic Vision observatory that will use 26 cameras to discover and characterise terrestrial planets, including worlds in habitable-zone orbits around Sun-like stars, while measuring the properties of their host stars. Spacecraft construction was completed in 2025 and final testing is underway for the planned 2027 launch.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2027
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:23:47 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:23:47 UTC