Welcome to the CHEOPS website!
CHEOPS' location
Live position of the CHEOPS satellite
The Mission
This is the official consortium homepage of the CHEOPS mission. CHEOPS is the first S-class mission from ESA and was selected in October 2012. CHEOPS was successfully launched on December 18th 2019.
CHEOPS stands for CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite. It is a small photometric observatory which operates in a low Earth orbit to measure transits of exoplanets. See the «Executive Summary» for a short overview.
Most of the content of the menu items «News» and «Media & Outreach» is also available in German and French.
CHEOPS-Children’s Drawings Campaign
Below are 3 of the 2748 drawings that orbit the earth with the CHEOPS satellite.
CHEOPS Cartoon
News
Forschung und Innovation kennen keine Grenzen
September 9th, 2020
Die internationale Zusammenarbeit sei für die Universität Bern von grösster Bedeutung, betonte Re...
CHEOPS space telescope ready for scientific operation
April 20th, 2020
CHEOPS has reached its next milestone: Following extensive tests in Earth's orbit, some of which ...
CHEOPS space telescope takes its first pictures
February 7th, 2020
Next milestone in the commissioning of CHEOPS: After the successful opening of the space telescop...
Picture of the Month
CHEOPS Science Team meeting “Padova” – Online group picture
April 20th, 2020
As a consequence of the coronavirus crisis, the CHEOPS Science Team meeting from April 6th to 8th...