{"id":82271,"date":"2012-10-22T17:41:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T09:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/european-satellite-to-study-super-earths\/"},"modified":"2012-10-22T17:41:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T09:41:20","slug":"european-satellite-to-study-super-earths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/european-satellite-to-study-super-earths\/","title":{"rendered":"European Satellite to Study Super Earths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: European Space Agency, Scientific Satellite, Exoplanet, Scientific Research<\/p>\n<p>Publication Date: 10\/19\/2012<\/p>\n<table width=\"150\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" cellpadding=\"6\" cellspacing=\"2\" margin=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan transferred the Robotic Refueling Mission module to the International Space Station\u2019s Dextre robot to initiate testing on July 12, 2011.\" width=\"137\" height=\"150\" hspace=\"0\" align=\"right\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/CHEOPS-with-stars_H_large,0.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<i>Artist impression of how the CHEOPS will look.<\/i><br \/>\nImage credit: European Space Agency\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The <strong>European Space Agency<\/strong> is developing a new scientific satellite to study large planets orbiting stars nearby. Scheduled to launch in 2017, the Characterising Exoplanets Satellite (CHEOPS) will examine nearby bright stars allowing scientists to take a closer look at exoplanets and their internal structure, identify new planets with significant atmospheres, and understand the formation of alien planets. <\/p>\n<p>Through high-precision monitoring of the star\u2019s brightness, scientists will search for the telltale signs of a \u2018transit\u2019 as a planet passes briefly across its face, ESA said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In main partnership with Switzerland, ESA expects to launch the spacecraft in 2017 and have the mission last somewhere around three and a half years. It will operate in a low-Earth orbit at an altitude of almost 500 miles.<\/p>\n<p>The CHEOPS was one of 26 proposals ESA received in March during their \u201cCall for Small Missions,\u201d and could open the door for more scientific space explorations for the agency.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" align=\"absMiddle\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/FullStoryArrow.png\">&nbsp;Full story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: European Space Agency, Scientific Satellite, Exoplanet, Scientific Research Publication Date: 10\/19\/2012 Artist impression of how the CHEOPS will look. Image credit: European Space Agency The European Space Agency is developing a new scientific satellite to study large planets orbiting stars nearby. Scheduled to launch in 2017, the Characterising Exoplanets Satellite (CHEOPS) will examine nearby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}