PLATO, PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars |
PLATO, PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars |
Dec 7 2011, 07:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Florida & Texas, USA Member No.: 482 |
I saw this brief ESA blurb about a potential successor to the Kepler mission:
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMSHM7CS5G_index_0.html It is under review along with Euclid and the Solar orbiter, but only 2 of these 3 missions will have funding to move forward. According the the website: "The final decision about which missions to implement will be taken after the definition activities are completed, which is foreseen to be in mid-2011." I found news on ESA's website that makes it appear that PLATO did not make the cut. http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=49385 ://http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/ob...objectid=49385 This is surprising to me considering that TESS was not selected by NASA, so it appears there are no follow up telescopes planet to expand upon Kepler's success, which is restricted to such a small survey site. I wonder if there might be another way to fund PLATO? The only other information I've gleaned so far is this website: http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/perso/claude-catala/plato_web.html Are these missions getting bumped in part due to the need to have JWST perform follow up studies? It'd be nice to see space telescopes getting fast-tracked instead of sidelined, and something else needs to replace Kepler in another 8 years. |
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Feb 13 2024, 07:48 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 255 Joined: 28-October 12 Member No.: 6732 |
PLATO Optical Bench (OB) and Service Module (SVM) flight model (FM) mechanical structures were delivered for further integration work to Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich and Cannes, respectively.
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