Taylor M Potter

High-precision exoplanet transit observatoryCHEOPS700-kilometer Sun-synchronous dusk-dawn Earth orbit

Ritchey-Chrétien telescope: A 300-millimeter clear aperture gathers light from selected bright host stars
Broad-band CCD photometer: A single detector measures visible-to-near-infrared brightness changes from 350 to 1,100 nanometers
Baffle and cover assembly: Stray-light control protects the focal plane and preserves precision

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Robotic missionSolar OrbiterElliptical heliocentric orbit approaching within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of the Sun

Observatory: Solar Orbiter spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Atlas V 411
Science payload: Ten instruments: six remote-sensing imagers and spectrographs plus four in-situ suites for magnetic fields, plasma, energetic particles, and radio waves

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Robotic missionJUICEJupiter, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede

Spacecraft: JUICE spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Ariane 5 ECA
Science payload: Optical and infrared imaging, ultraviolet and submillimeter spectroscopy, radar sounder, laser altimeter, magnetometer, particle and plasma suite, radio and gravity science, and ice-penetrating investigations

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Robotic missionEuclidSun-Earth L2 halo orbit

Observatory: Euclid space telescope
Launch vehicle: Falcon 9 Block 5
Science payload: 1.2-meter telescope, VIS visible imager, and NISP near-infrared spectrometer and photometer with NASA-supplied detectors

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Wide-field exoplanet transit and asteroseismology observatoryPlatoHalo orbit around the Sun-Earth L2 point

Twenty-four normal cameras: Overlapping wide fields provide long, high-precision monitoring of more than 200,000 stars
Two fast cameras: Higher-cadence observations of bright stars also support fine pointing
Two-gigapixel focal plane: The combined camera array records tiny brightness changes across a vast field

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