January 2022
ESA’s exoplanet mission Cheops has revealed that an exoplanet orbiting its host star within a day...
January 2022
With the help of the CHEOPS space telescope, an international team including researchers from the...
June 2021
This infographic reveals the details of the Nu2 Lupi planetary system. This bright, Sun-like star...
February 2021
This animation shows a representation of the orbits and movements of the planets in the TOI-178...
November 2020
Image: CHEOPS instrument scientist Andrea Fortier. Photo Swissinfo CHEOPS instrument scientist A...
September 2020
The Aerosuisse 2020 Award was presented to the CHEOPS satellite team at the Aerosuisse Annual Gen...
April 2020
As a consequence of the coronavirus crisis, the CHEOPS Science Team meeting from April 6th to 8th...
January 2020
CHEOPS can clearly be seen in this exposure of the night sky taken on 12 January 2020 at 13:18 UT...
December 2019
It’s an intense period at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where engineers from ESA, ...
October 2019
CHEOPS with the airbus team at Kourou launch facilities (courtesy of ADS Madrid).
September 2019
New 1:1 CHEOPS mock-up exposed at the EPSC-DPS 2019, 15 – 20 September 2019, in the hall of the I...
August 2019
"By targeting known systems, we know exactly where to look in the sky and when in order to captur...
July 2019
The CHEOPS spacecraft has completed its last light excitation test prior to shipment to the launc...
December 2018
Last instrument software update before launch is currently being performed at the CHEOPS Mission ...
October 2018
Members of the CHEOPS science team and consortium had two opportunities to visit the fully integr...
September 2018
The Cheops (CHaracterising ExOPlanet) spacecraft in the Large European Acoustic Facility (LEAF) t...
August 2018
CHEOPS Swiss event at RUAG Space Zurich. The children drawing plate was unveiled on the CHEOPS sa...
July 2018
The CHEOPS SC prepared for the transport to the TVTB test facility in Toulouse. The instrument is...
May 2018
Timelapse video of the installation of the CHEOPS instrument onto the platform. The instrument is...
May 2018
The instrument has been successfully installed onto the satellite platform. In the picture, the s...
May 2018
The CHEOPS telescope ready for final packing and shipment to Madrid where it has meanwhile been i...
February 2018
This week the image of a point source (so-called PSF) has been determined over the full CHEOPS...
February 2018
First flat field images have been taken during CHEOPS calibration campaign. This flat filed has b...
January 2018
The bench cover installation has been completed with UGE. This was the last step before starting ...
January 2018
The CHEOPS telescope sitting inside the thermal vacuum chamber being photographed through the opt...
January 2018
The CHEOPS telescope has passed the final acceptance vibration. The team performing the vibration...
January 2018
The CHEOPS calibration bench is being prepared to calibrate the instrument. At present, the cover...
December 2017
CHEOPS flight instrument in the EMC test chamber at the EMC Testcenter Zürich. The CHEOPS team wi...
December 2017
The CHEOPS flight instrument is assembled and being prepared for EMC testing in the next weeks.