Major milestone reached for our Cheops #exoplanet mission with delivery of telescope flight model. Once launched Cheops will perform ultra-high precision photometry on bright stars already known to host exoplanets with typical sizes ranging from Neptune down to that of Earth. ESA Science & Technology: #7: CHEOPS telescope arrives at new home
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