PLATO
Ariane 62 Block 2, Arianespace
Ariane Launch Area 4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Launch time
No earlier than
NET March 2027
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- LL2 update
NET March.
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NET January 2027.
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Targeting December 2026
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Mission
PLATO on Ariane 62 Block 2 from Ariane Launch Area 4. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.
Plato, for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars, is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with 26 cameras to study terrestrial exoplanets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. Its goal is to measure the sizes of exoplanets and discover exomoons and rings around them, as well as characterise planets' host stars by studying tiny light variations in the starlight it receives.
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit
- Sun-Earth L2
Mission patches
- ESA PLATO Patch
Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.
Launch timeline
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Launch pad
Ariane Launch Area 4
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana (GF)
Coordinates: 5.256319, -52.786838
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