BBC4 年
Europe's Cheops telescope begins study of far-off worlds
Artwork: Cheops observes exoplanets as they pass in front of their host stars Europe's newest space telescope has begun ramping up its science operations. Cheops was launched in December to study ...
DLR5 个月
CHEOPS Design
This crucial part of the CHEOPS instrument ensures the performance of this high precision photometer ... The CCD is mounted in the focal plane module of a 32 cm diameter, f/8, on-axis Ritchey-Chrétien ...
BGR5 年
A new planet-hunting space telescope just began its tour of duty
The satellite, which will be operated by the European Space Agency ... kind of discoveries CHEOPS is capable of making, and we won’t have to wait long to find out. The telescope is expected ...
TASS5 年
Russia’s Soyuz rocket with telescope to study exoplanets blasts off from Kourou spaceport
This mission VS23 will be final for Arianespace in 2019. Europe’s CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) space telescope has been developed under the program of fundamental space research ...