Medienkonferenz zum Start der CHEOPS-Mission, Live ab 10 Uhr (CET)
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View ArticleLaunch alert!
CHEOPS launch set for 17 Dec. 2019 The post <h1>Launch alert!</h1> appeared first on CHEOPS.
View ArticleCHEOPS ESA brochure
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View ArticleCheops launch media kit
Download this media kit to learn more about the launch of Cheops, the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, on 17 December 2019, and the science goals of the mission. Download The post Cheops launch...
View ArticleNobel prize ceremony
In a very formal and festive ceremony in Stockholm, the Swedish king Carl XVI Gustaf presented the Nobel prizes to this year’s esteemed laureates, among them Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz. Fanfare...
View ArticleCHEOPS launch postponed
Liftoff is currently scheduled for Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 9:54:20 CET. On Tuesday morning, 1 hour 25 minutes before liftoff during final countdown operations, the Soyuz-Fregat launcher’s...
View ArticleLiftoff for Cheops, ESA’s exoplanet mission
ESA’s Cheops mission lifted off on a Soyuz-Fregat launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 09:54:20 CET on 18 December on its exciting mission to characterise planets orbiting...
View ArticleCHEOPS successfully launched
The relief was huge when the Soyuz Fregat rocket with CHEOPS on board took off shortly before 10 a.m. MEZ on Wednesday, 18 December 2019. The spectators at the University of Bern followed the ESA live...
View Articlecheops’ location
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## Latest New from CHEOPS launch time in MET (Madrid) time * T0 2019-12-18 9:54:20 Soyuz liftoff in Kourou * T0 + 0:08:49 Third stage separation * T0 + 2:24:41 (12:19) Soyuz Fregatte deploys CHEOPS in...
View ArticleMerry Christmas and happy new year!
Merry Christmas and happy new year! Illustration – « La Liberté », 18.12.2019, Alex Ballaman The post Merry Christmas and happy new year! appeared first on CHEOPS.
View ArticleCHEOPS: Computer on board successfully booted
Before Christmas, on 18 December 2019, a Soyuz Fregat rocket was launched in Kourou, French Guyana, and put ESA’s CHEOPS space telescope into a precise polar orbit. Now the engineers test all systems...
View ArticleSWITCHING ON THE CHEOPS INSTRUMENT
The science instrument on ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, CHEOPS, was successfully activated on 8 January, marking the beginning of the mission’s in-orbit commissioning. Following the...
View ArticleCHEOPS can be seen in the night sky
CHEOPS can clearly be seen in this exposure of the night sky taken on 12 January 2020 at 13:18 UTC, with the 1-metre SAINT-EX robotic telescope which is located at the National Astronomical Observatory...
View ArticleCHEOPS in-orbit commissioning: Switching on the instrument
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