CHEOPS spacecraft

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
astronomer
gptkbp:aperture 32 cm
gptkbp:COSPAR_ID gptkb:2019-092A
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:duration 3.5 years (planned)
gptkbp:fieldOfView 0.32 degrees
gptkbp:firstLight 2020-01-07
gptkbp:firstScienceImage HD 88111
gptkbp:fullName Characterising Exoplanet Satellite
gptkbp:fundedBy gptkb:European_Space_Agency
gptkb:Swiss_Space_Office
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label CHEOPS spacecraft
gptkbp:instrument photometer
gptkbp:launchDate 2019-12-18
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Guiana_Space_Centre
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Soyuz-ST-A
gptkbp:manufacturer gptkb:Airbus_Defence_and_Space
gptkbp:mass 273 kg
gptkbp:missionType gptkb:astronomy
exoplanet observation
gptkbp:name gptkb:CHEOPS
gptkbp:notableFinds precise radius measurements of exoplanets
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:University_of_Bern
gptkbp:operator gptkb:European_Space_Agency
gptkbp:orbitType gptkb:Sun-synchronous_orbit
gptkbp:period science operations
gptkbp:powers 64 W
gptkbp:purpose measure exoplanet sizes
characterize known exoplanets
study exoplanet transits
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:TESS
gptkb:Kepler_Space_Telescope
PLATO
gptkbp:resolution 20 ppm (photometric precision)
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:target bright stars with known exoplanets
gptkbp:troopContributingCountries gptkb:Austria
gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:France
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Hungary
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:Spain
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:website https://cheops.unibe.ch/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soyuz-ST
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6