Thales: signs PLATO contract with OHB System
(CercleFinance.com) - Thales Alenia Space announces that it has signed a contract with OHB System AG for the new program of the European Space Agency PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars).
Thales Alenia Space will be in charge of Avionics and Integration (AIT) Service Module (SVM). The group controls the entire development and validation chain of a satellite Avionics, from the equipment specification to the validation and the AIT.
"The aim of PLATO is to find and study extrasolar planetary systems, especially terrestrial type planets in the habitable zone (compatible with water in the liquid state) around stars similar to our Sun," the company said.
"Unlike the previous missions, CoRot and Kepler, it will offer the unique ability to carry out stable, wide-field observations of bright stars over a very long period (two to four years), enabling us to detect and characterize planets orbiting slowly around their sun, such as the Earth," it added.
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Thales Alenia Space will be in charge of Avionics and Integration (AIT) Service Module (SVM). The group controls the entire development and validation chain of a satellite Avionics, from the equipment specification to the validation and the AIT.
"The aim of PLATO is to find and study extrasolar planetary systems, especially terrestrial type planets in the habitable zone (compatible with water in the liquid state) around stars similar to our Sun," the company said.
"Unlike the previous missions, CoRot and Kepler, it will offer the unique ability to carry out stable, wide-field observations of bright stars over a very long period (two to four years), enabling us to detect and characterize planets orbiting slowly around their sun, such as the Earth," it added.
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