PLATO exoplanet observatory spacecraft
ESA’s PLATO spacecraft is a development-stage exoplanet observatory designed to find and characterize terrestrial planets around Sun-like stars by measuring planetary transits and stellar oscillations; its planned mission targets the Sun–Earth L2 region.
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- PLATOPLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of starsPLATO space telescope
- Family Name
- PLATO
- Full Name
- PLATO exoplanet observatory spacecraft
- Roles
- observatoryresearch
- Status
- development
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- ESA’s PLATO spacecraft is a development-stage exoplanet observatory designed to find and characterize terrestrial planets around Sun-like stars by measuring planetary transits and stellar oscillations; its planned mission targets the Sun–Earth L2 region.
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:14:37 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 19:03:03 UTC