August 25, 2014
CoRoT Events Summary
Events summary since the beginning of the mission
06/2014 | : | CoRoT presentations |
06/2014 | : | Last telecommand sent to CoRoT satellite |
03/2014 | : | New animations presenting CoRoT mission |
01/2014 | : | CoRoT: collision evading and decommissioning |
12/2013 | : | The universal nature of stellar granulation unveiled |
08/2013 | : | Pulsating star sheds light on exoplanet |
06/2013 | : | Mission accomplished for CoRoT satellite |
01/2013 | : | Mission still interrupted |
11/2012 | : | Interruption of the mission |
02/2012 | : | Be stars have a larger core than predicted |
02/2012 | : | 5th anniversary for CoRoT |
10-2011 | : | CoRoT and asteroseismology: Watching the pulsations of the heart of the stars |
07-2011 | : | Back to CoRot 9b |
07-2011 | : | Stars and Planets on the menu of the 2nd CoRoT Symposium |
06-2011 | : | CoRoT discovers 10 new extra-solar planets |
06-2011 | : | 2nd CoRoT Symposium in Marseille, France, in June 2011, from 14 to 17th |
04-2010 | : | The astronomers aim at the heart of red giants |
11/12-2010 | : | The 4th CoRoT Brazil Workshop will be held in Natal, Brazil, from November 29th to December 1st, 2010 |
08-2010 | : | CoRoT Reveals a Magnetic Activity Cycle in a Sun-Like Star |
06-2010 | : | Rich exoplanet harvest for CoRoT |
03-2010 | : | CoRoT satellite discovers CoRoT-9b, a temperate giant planet |
10-2009 | : | CoRoT: 3 years more for the exoplanets hunter satellite |
10-2009 | : | A&A special feature: "The CoRoT space mission: early results" |
09-2009 | : | CoRoT 1000 days, 100 000 stars |
09-2009 | : | CoRoT-7b is actually the first telluric exoplanet |
08-2009 | : | 3D visualisation tool of CoRoT satellite, its movement in orbit and its attitude |
05-2009 | : | CoRoT detects non radial modes with long lifetimes in giant stars |
04-2009 | : | CoRoT back on track |
03-2009 | : | Space conversations with Pierre Barge responsible of the CoRoT exoplanet research programme at LAM |
02-2009 | : | CoRoT discovers the smallest exoplanet yet, with a surface to walk on |
02-2009 | : | 1st international symposium dedicated to the scientific results of CoRoT |
01-2009 | : | The 1st CoRoT data are now fully accessible to the entire scientific community. |
11-2008 | : | CoRoT detects oscillations in 3 distant stars |
10-2008 | : | CoRoT discovers a new stellar oddity |
10-2008 | : | International Young Astronomers School dedicated to CoRoT took place on October 6-10, 2008 |
07-2008 | : | The latest scientific results of CoRoT |
05-2008 | : | Communiqué from the CoRoT Team |
12-2007 | : | CoRoT one year after launch |
11-2007 | : | 3rd CoRoT-Brasil Workshop in Natal, November 25-28, 2007 |
10-2007 | : | 300 days in orbit |
07-2007 | : | CoRoT Mission Center Key Point, on 24 July 2007 |
05-2007 | : | Success of the first CoRoT satellite observation, on 3 may 2007 |
03-2007 | : | Flight Acceptance Review in Cannes and Toulouse |
02-2007 | : | 21st CoRoT Scientific Committee, at Paris Observatory, on 13 February 2007 |
02-2007 | : | The CoRoT space telescope started its first observing run, on 3 February 2007 |
01-2007 | : | Transition to fine pointing mode, on 30 January 2007 |
01-2007 | : | CoRoT sees first light on 18 January 2007 |
01-2007 | : | Acquisition of the first CCD dark image, on 3 January 2007 |
12-2006 | : | Successful launch of the CoRoT satellite on 27 December 2006 |
12-2006 | : | Soyuz launcher ready for flight on 24 December 2006 |
12-2006 | : | Integration of the upper composite on 18 December 2006 |
12-2006 | : | The combined activities are going well on 14 December 2006 |
12-2006 | : | CoRoT Flight Operations Readiness Review on 11 December 2006 |
11-2006 | : | After several days of preparation, the satellite's tank was full by 30 November 2006 |
11-2006 | : | The preparation operations for launch are going well in Baïkonour, on 28 November 2006 |
11-2006 | : | Shipment of the satellite to the Baïkonour Space Center on 14 November 2006 |
09-2006 | : | Official opening and press conference of the exhibition Planets elsewhere, at Marseilles Natural History Museum, on 11 September 2006 |
09-2006 | : | Flight Acceptance Review, in Cannes, from 5 to 7 September 2006 |
06-2006 | : | 10th CoRoT WEEK 5 to 9 June 2006 in Nice |
04-2006 | : | First system validation tests at the CoRoT Mission Center, in Toulouse, from 11 to 13 April 2006 |
04-2006 | : | Safety trip to Baikonour, from 3 to 7 April 2006 |
03-2006 | : | Mechanical qualification tests, in Cannes, from 10 February to 4 April 2006 |
01-2006 | : | System Validation Preparation Review, 31 January 2006 |
01-2006 | : | Beginning of the CoRoT satellite validation/integration phase, on 6 January 2006 |
12-2005 | : | Thermal tests of the CoRoT payload in vacuum chamber, at Intespace, from 25 November to 4 December 2005 |
11-2005 | : | Press conference and meeting with members of Parliament, from 15 to 17 November 2005 |
11-2005 | : | 2nd CoRoT Workshop in Brazil, from 2 to 6 November 2005 |
10-2005 | : | Campaign of mechanical tests, at Intespace, from 7 to 18 October 2005 |
09-2005 | : | Last steps of instrument integration, from 16 August to 8 September 2005. |
06-2005 | : | Preliminary Cosmodrome Readiness Review (PCRR), in Baïkonour, 21-24 June 2005. |
06-2005 | : | Signing of the agreement establishing the Brazilian contribution to CoRoT, at Paris Air Show, on 14 June 2005. |
05-2005 | : | 8th COROTWEEK 23 to 27 May 2005 in Toulouse. |
04-2005 | : | Technical meeting at the Vienna Observatory on the 19th of April 2005. |
04-2005 | : | First light of the CoRoT telescope (during the night 13-14 April 2005). |
04-2005 | : | Satellite Critical Design Review, at Cannes, on the 11th of April 2005. |
03-2005 | : | External baffle final qualification tests on the 30th of March 2005. |
03-2005 | : | Beginning of the optical testing of the flight model instrument (afocal and dioptric camera), at CNES, on the 21st of March 2005. |
03-2005 | : | System Interface Review on the 4th of March 2005. |
01-2005 | : | The 6th of January 2005, Beginning of the instrument AIT in CNES. |
12-2004 | : | The 15th of Decembre 2004, Mechanical qualification tests of the camera, at Intespace. |
12-2004 | : | 7th CoRoT WEEK from the 14th to the 17th of December 2004 in Granada (Spain). |
12-2004 | : | The 9th of Decembre 2004, Delivery of the Flight Model of the afocal telescope by Alcatel Cannes. |
11-2004 | : | The 5th of November 2004, Key Point of the CoRoT Mission Center industrial specifications, in Madrid. |
10-2004 | : | From October, 29th to November 2nd 2004, first CoRoT workshop in Brazil. |
10-2004 | : | October 2004, 5th, CoRoT mission presentation during the 55th International Astronautical Congress (Vancouver BC, Canada). |
10-2004 | : | From September 2004, 30th to October 2004, 4th, CoRoT team visited the University of British Columbia (Vancouver BC, Canada). |
08-2004 | : | The 25th of August 2004, first pictures of the MI camera at IAS. |
08-2004 | : | First mechanical qualification tests of the upper baffle, on the 17th of August 2004 at CSL. |
07-2004 | : | Qualification model delivery of the upper baffle, on the 9th of July 2004 at ESTEC. |
06-2004 | : | Ground control segment definition key point, on the 24th of June 2004. |
06-2004 | : | Venus transit before the Sun, on the 8th of June 2004. |
05-2004 | : | Mechanical qualification tests of the equipment case, on the 26th of May 2004 at CSL. |
05-2004 | : | 6th CoRoT WEEK from the 17th to the 19th of May 2004 in Orsay. |
05-2004 | : | Instrument Critical Design Review on the 11th and 12th of May 2004. |
05-2004 | : | User Ground Segment Preliminary Design Review the 6th of May 2004. |
03-2004 | : | Delivery by Thales Alenia Space of the telescope structure on March 2004, 10th. Beginning of the afocal integration. |
03-2004 | : | Delivery by SONACA of the equipments case structure on March 2004, 9th. |
01-2004 | : | Satellite Preliminary Design Review on January 2004, 27th. |
12-2003 | : | 5th CoRoT WEEK December 2003, from the 10th to the 12th in Berlin. |
12-2003 | : | Mission in Brazil à at INPE from the 3rd to the 5th of December 2003. |
10-2003 | : | System Preliminary Design Review on Octobre 2003, 14th and 15th in CNES Toulouse. |
06-2003 | : | 4th CoRoT WEEK from the 2 to the 6th of June 2003. Workshop for the Scientists participating to the CoRoT mission. |
05-2002 | : | 2nd CoRoT WEEK from the 13 to the 16th of May 2002. Workshop for the Scientists participating to the CoRoT mission. |
04-2002 | : | Mission in Brazil from the 15 to the 17th of April 2002. Proposition of a cooperation in the CoRoT project for the ground segment. |
10-2001 | : | Key Point from October the 24th to the 26th 2001 in the de Midi-Pyrenees Observatory in Toulouse. |
04-2001 | : | 6th Scientific Committee, The meeting was held at the Observatoire de Paris, on April 2001, 2nd and 3rd. |
12-2000 | : | Contract between CNES and french laboratories. |
10-2000 | : | Decision from the Board of Directors to engage the phases C and D of the project. |
03-2000 | : | Recommandation from the SPC to carry out CoRoT after JASON 1 and CALIPSO, with a launch in 2004. |
09-1999 | : | Research for news European partners. |
03-1998 | : | Decision to begin the satellite B phase. |
03-1998 | : | Complement of the System Conception Review. |
06-1997 | : | System Conception Review. |
12-1996 | : | The SPC (CNES Scientific Programs Committee) choose CoRoT to be carried out on PROTEUS. |