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CHEOPS rocket sticker selected
The winning entry of the fairing sticker competition designed by Denis Vrenko. (Credit: ESA/D. Vrenko) A colourful design by Denis Vrenko of Celje, Slovenia, will be featured on the rocket that will...
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“We have to meet hundreds of requirements”
Christopher Broeg is project manager of the CHEOPS mission. A consortium of more than 100 scientists and engineers in eleven European countries is involved in the mission. At the University of Bern,...
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CHEOPS leaves the University of Bern
Construction of the space telescope CHEOPS is finished. The engineers from the Center for Space and Habitability (CSH) at the University of Bern will package the instrument this week and send it to...
View ArticleThe CHEOPS telescope ready for final packing and shipment to Madrid
The CHEOPS telescope ready for final packing and shipment to Madrid where it has meanwhile been integrated onto the SC platform. The post The CHEOPS telescope ready for final packing and shipment to...
View ArticlePutting things together: the CHEOPS science instrument arrives in Madrid
Members of the CHEOPS consortium could be proud of their achievement as the science instrument of the upcoming exoplanet mission left Bern on its journey to Madrid last month. The post Putting things...
View ArticleThe instrument installed onto the satellite platform
The instrument has been successfully installed onto the satellite platform. In the picture, the satellite is in vertical position for alignment of the instrument: the telescope (bottom part) is being...
View ArticleTimelapse video of the installation of the CHEOPS instrument
Timelapse video of the installation of the CHEOPS instrument onto the platform. The instrument is lifted using the custom designed strongback onto the top panel of the spacecraft. After successful...
View ArticleFrom star positions to images: CHEOPS operations centres pull together
The latest CHEOPS test campaign can be thought of as the first full dress rehearsal for in-flight mission operations. The post From star positions to images: CHEOPS operations centres pull together...
View ArticleChildren’s drawings ready for space
Together with the CHEOPS space telescope 2748 miniaturized drawings will fly into space in the first half of 2019. The video shows how physicist Guido Bucher produced the plaques with the drawings at...
View ArticleThe CHEOPS SC prepared for the transport
The CHEOPS SC prepared for the transport to the TVTB test facility in Toulouse. The instrument is protected by a plastic bag and the solar panels by protective covers. Image courtesy of airbus. The...
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“Switzerland is a space nation!”
The research satellite CHEOPS was developed jointly by the University of Bern and the European Space Agency ESA. At an event at RUAG in Zurich on 27 August 2018, representatives of the institutions...
View ArticleCHEOPS Swiss event at RUAG
CHEOPS Swiss event at RUAG Space Zurich. The children drawing plate was unveiled on the CHEOPS satellite in the presence of CHEOPS principal investigator Prof. Willy Benz, Federal councillor Schneider...
View ArticleThe Cheops spacecraft in the LEAF test chamber
The Cheops (CHaracterising ExOPlanet) spacecraft in the Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF) test chamber at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the...
View ArticleSC Visit at the Test Centre at ESTEC
Members of the CHEOPS science team and consortium had two opportunities to visit the fully integrated spacecraft: The CHEOPS satellite was at the Test Centre at ESTEC in The Netherlands in September...
View ArticleCHEOPS – withstanding the sound of launch and avoiding radio interference
For the CHEOPS mission, September was a busy month of acoustic noise testing and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing at ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands. The successful tests have...
View ArticleConnected to space
After a long tour through Europe, the CHEOPS satellite is back at Airbus Defence and Space Spain in Madrid. On its journey, it had to pass thermal-vacuum tests at Airbus facilities in Toulouse,...
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CHEOPS launch slot announced
The CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite, CHEOPS, will target 15 October to 14 November 2019 for launch as the European Space Agency ESA announced on 23 November 2018. CHEOPS will lift off on a Soyuz...
View ArticleLast instrument software update
Last instrument software update before launch is currently being performed at the CHEOPS Mission Operations Center (MOC) at INTA, Torrejon, Spain. Roland Ottensamer from the University of Vienna is...
View ArticleCHEOPS Children’s Drawings
Together with the CHEOPS space telescope more than 2700 miniaturized children’s drawings will fly into space. The video shows how physicist Guido Bucher produced the plaques with the drawings at Berner...
View ArticleCheops Timelapse
Assembling and testing the space telescope CHEOPS – a space mission under co-leadership between Switzerland and ESA. The post Cheops Timelapse appeared first on CHEOPS.
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