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Ariane 62 Block 2 | PLATO

Name: Ariane 62 Block 2 | PLATO
Start: 2027-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2027-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

March 31, 2027 at 12:00 AM UTC

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Ariane 62 Block 2 | PLATO launch image — Mission imagery · Ariane 62 Block 2

LAUNCH TIME UNCONFIRMED

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March 31, 2027 at 12:00 AM UTC

Status: To Be Determined · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Ariane Launch Area 4

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.2563, -52.7868

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Rocket: Ariane 62 Block 2
Launch site: Ariane Launch Area 4
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: March 31, 2027 at 12:00 AM UTC
Window closes: March 31, 2027 at 12:00 AM UTC
Feed updated: July 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC

Mission description

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.

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Ariane 62 Block 2

Ariane · 62 Block 2

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Launch complex

Ariane Launch Area 4

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.

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