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Cheops satellite

author: ESA/ATG medialab/Novapix

reference: e-sou07-00100

Image Size 300 DPI: 36 * 24 cm

Artist's impression of Cheops, ESA's Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, in orbit above Earth. In this view the satellite's telescope cover is open. CHEOPS is a planned European space telescope for the study of the formation of extrasolar planets. CHEOPS is to be ready to launch in early 2019.

Keywords for this photo:

2018 - 2019 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE - ASTRONOMY - CHEOPS - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - ILLUSTRATION - SPACE -