CHEOPS - CHaractersising ExOPlanet Satellite

CHEOPS - CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite - is the first mission dedicated to characterise exoplanets - planets that do not orbit the Sun - of nearby brilliant main objective of the Cheops mission is to search for planetary transits by means of ultrahigh precision photometry on known stars having planets orbiting them. CHEOPS is the first S type (small) mission of ESA. These missions are designed to take advantage of existing technologies. They are “low cost“ with a short development period in