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CHEOPS

Space-Based Observatories

A European Space Agency space telescope launched in 2019, its name short for CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite, dedicated to precisely measuring the sizes of already-known exoplanets by observing them transit their host stars. Its measurements help determine whether a given exoplanet is rocky, gaseous or something in between.

Facts
Location
Sun-synchronous dusk-dawn orbit 700 km above Earth 1
Operational
from 2019 1
Measures
The size of known exoplanets via the transit method 1
Operating Principle
A high precision photometer with a 300 mm aperture telescope and single CCD detector observing bright nearby exoplanet hosting stars 1
Open to Visitors
No 2
Classification
Observing Band
Optical / Visible 1
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Exoplanet, Concepts

Operated By

European Space Agency, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source CHEOPS (Wikipedia)Infobox: operator
Swiss Space Office, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia: Swiss Space OfficeLead section
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1. Cheops overview, ESA
  • Launch section
    Launched 18 December 2019
  • Orbit section
    Sun-synchronous dusk-dawn orbit 700 km above Earth
  • Mission objective section
    the transit method to determine an accurate size of planets with known mass
  • Instrument section
    a single instrument: a high precision photometer with a 300 mm effective aperture telescope and a single charge-coupled device (CCD) detector covering visible to near infrared wavelengths
  • Instrument section, band clause
    covering visible to near infrared wavelengths
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2. CHEOPS (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    is a European space telescope
  • Operated By: European Space Agency, Infobox: operator
    Swiss Space Office / ESA
  • In Group: Optical, Ultraviolet and Exoplanet Space Telescopes, Lead sentence
    CHEOPS (Characterising Exoplanets Satellite) is a European space telescope.
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Wikipedia: Swiss Space Office
WikipediaOperated By: Swiss Space Office, Lead section
Quote, Operated By: Swiss Space Office, Lead section
The Swiss Space Office (SSO)[1] is the federal government's competence centre for national and international space matters.
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