ASA
TBD
Ariane 62 Block 2 | PLATO
Astrophysics
Time to liftoff
Targeting March 2027
Target Window
March 2027
Exact time to be confirmed
Net Precision
Month
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— Mission
PLATO
Sun-Earth L2· L2
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.
— Rocket
Ariane
Ariane 62 Block 2
Ariane 6 variant with two upgraded P160C solid rocket boosters.
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Launches
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Success
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Failures
— Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 4
Guiana Space Centre
ELA-4, is a launch pad and associated facilities at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. The complex is composed of a launch pad with mobile gantry, an horizontal assembly building and a dedicated launch operations building. ELA-4 is operated by Arianespace as part of the Ariane 6 program.
