18 December 2019
After delays, ESA’s exoplanet mission launches successfully
... the Troll ground tracking station at approximately 12:43 CET confirmed that the launch was successful. Cheops, the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, is a partnership between ESA and Switzerland, with important contribution from 10 other ESA Member...
16 December 2019
Cheops, ESA's exoplanet watching telescope launches tomorrow
... dedicated to studying bright, nearby stars that are already known to host exoplanets; Cheops, which stands for CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite. Cheops is therefore not on a discovery mission but rather a follow-up programme, to uncover precise...
