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CNES Board of Directors gives go-ahead for French...

Plato : Construction of Europe's exoplanet...

The Plato telescope will be led by OHB System AG as prime contractor and launched in 2026.

Green light for Plato

ESA’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) gave its green light for the Plato mission on 21st June 2017. CNES and its partners (CNRS & CEA) can now start developing the mission

Press release: PLATO space telescope mission to...

ESA’s Science Programmes Committee has selected the PLAnetary Transits and Oscillation of stars mission (PLATO) designed to study the formation and evolution of planetary systems...

First call for Cosmic Vision missions: the French...

A review of the French participations for payloads on medium-sized missions M1 and M2 within the ESA's Cosmic Vision programme took place in CNES in March 25th-26th, 2010.