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ENCUENTRO PLATO: Un proyecto, muchas miradas

ALTER y la Agencia Espacial Española tienen el placer de invitarle al evento: ENCUENTRO PLATO: Un proyecto, muchas miradas 24 de febrero 11:00–14:00 Tomas A. Edison, 2 41092 Sevilla El objetivo de esta jornada es poner en valor el trabajo colectivo que sustenta la misión PLATO, así como las...

In Search of New Earths', an IAA-CSIC exhibition. PLATO mission at the MUNCYT

Duration: 20/01/2026 - 15/04/2026 The Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC) is promoting this exhibition project, which combines informative panels, scale models, three-dimensional models, and real engineering pieces to bring the objectives of the PLATO mission closer to the public. The...

MEU is being integrated with PLATO instrument

PLATO instrument integrated into and placed on the spacecraft. CREDIT ESA – M. Pédoussaut The MEUs (Main Electronic Units) were delivered and integrated with the PLATO instrument. In May the MEU FM was deliverd to OHB (prime of PLATO Mission) in Germany (Oberpfaffenhofen). The second MEU unit, ...

Technical Session on AstroRob25

The IAA PLATO team attended the Astrorob25 meeting: a forum where engineers and scientists presented their work on robotic telescopes. The IAA MEU team gave a talk and presented a poster describing PLATO's MEU mission.

MEU running with 6 NDPUs

HAYDN PLATO'S Little Bro

Andy (formally Andrés Moya Bedón) which is PI-Invest Disting d'Excellencia Comunidad Valenciana proposed a future application of the PLATO development at the Technical Session on the RIA-Tec2Space 19-22 April 2022. HAYDN benefits from the heritage of PLATO, but it is designed for the observation of...

Technical Session on RIA-Tec2Space 19-22 April 2022

IAA PLATO team attended to the RIA-Tec2Space meeting, which is the forum where engineers and scientists can present their work to the Spanish astronomic community. The MEU team from IAA presented the MEU Poster (full resolution) describing the actual work of the MEU in PLATO mission. It gives me...

Milestone passed successfully MEU CDR

MEU on the path to the space, MEU teams have passed successfully the Critical Design Review (CDR) on Febrery of 2022. The CDR is an expert-led review process that evaluates the overall quality of the MEU design to confirm that it is suitable to meet the technical and programmatic requirements of...

MEU MTD dARK mODE

MEU MTD ready to fly, this is the first model that could be send to space. The two MEU MTD boxes have been treated with two coatings, both with good thermoelectric properties: The first coating is silver plated to protect the aluminium components The second is a black PUK paint to minimise...

Mass Thermal Dummy (MTD) ready

MEU team have just released the Mass Thermal Dummy (MTD), this is the first deliverable quelified for space. The MTD consists of a representative structure with thermal dummies of the flight. The MTD model should be verified with a portable measuring arm for a precise measurement that...