Ariane 62 | PLATO

Mission Details

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.

Launch Service Provider

Arianespace (ASA)

Rocket Information

• Configuration: Ariane 62
• Manufacturer: ArianeGroup
• Payload Capacity to LEO: 10350 kg
• Height: 63 meters
• Diameter: 5.4 meters

Launch Pad

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana Ariane Launch Area 4

Updates

• Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:49:00 GMT

  Adding launch NET late 2026

  by Nosu