The CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) spacecraft just opened the cover on its telescope. The spacecraft was launched on December 18th 2019 and has so far performed flawlessly. In one or two weeks we could get our first images from the instrument. CHEOPS is an ESA mission in partnership with Switzerland’s University of Bern. Its mission is not …
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