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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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Aliases: PLATOPLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars
Family Name: Plato
Full Name: Plato Space Observatory
Roles: observatoryresearch
Status: development
Type: spacecraft

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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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Official Url: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Plato_factsheet

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Creation Time: July 17, 2026 at 05:48:14 UTC
Updated Time: August 13, 2026 at 20:43:39 UTC
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