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Plato Space Observatory

Plato is ESA's 26-camera exoplanet space-observatory family. The OHB System AG-led industrial team is building the spacecraft to survey more than 200,000 stars from a large orbit around the Sun-Earth L2 point and characterize terrestrial planets and their host stars.

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PLATOPLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars
Family Name
Plato
Full Name
Plato Space Observatory
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plato-space-observatory
Status
development
Type
spacecraft

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Description
Plato is ESA's 26-camera exoplanet space-observatory family. The OHB System AG-led industrial team is building the spacecraft to survey more than 200,000 stars from a large orbit around the Sun-Earth L2 point and characterize terrestrial planets and their host stars.
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Operator Id
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Creation Time
7/17/2026, 5:48:14 AM
Updated Time
7/17/2026, 5:48:14 AM