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CHEOPS successfully launched
The relief was huge when the Soyuz Fregat rocket with CHEOPS on board took off shortly before 10 a.m. MEZ on Wednesday, 18 December 2019. The spectators at the University of Bern followed the ESA live coverage from Kourou, French Guiana, with great applause.
Image: ESA / ATG MedialabLancement en direct du satellite CHEOPS
Venez assister en direct, à l’Université de Genève, au lancement de CHEOPS, le premier satellite suisse! CHEOPS signifie CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite. La mission du satellite est d'étudier les exoplanètes. A savoir des planètes qui se trouvent hors de notre système solaire.
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