ESA's PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (Plato) mission will use 26 cameras to find and characterise terrestrial exoplanets in orbits up to the habitable zone of Sun-like stars and study their host stars. It will operate in a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L2 point.

The launch date is currently targeted for April, 2027.

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Provider	Arianespace
Vehicle	Ariane 6
Location	ELA-4 Guiana Space Centre French Guiana
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