Status

|Status|Time|
|---|---|
|routine operations have started|April 2020|
|in-orbit commissioning is officially successful|March 2020|
|Arianespace confirmed the launch for the the 17th of December 2019.|February 2019|
|Currently the spacecraft is undergoing system qualification & acceptance review.|January 2019|
|By end 2018 all spacecraft environmental tests have been completed.|December 2018|
|In July 2018 the spacecraft thermal tests have been carried out.|June 2018|
|In May 2018 DLR delivered the Sensor Module for integration to U-Bern|May 2018|
|On 11 April 2018 the flight instrument was delivered to the spacecraft in Madrid.|April 2018|
|In January 2018 the flight instrument calibration campaign stared.|January 2018|
|In November 2017 the flight camera was received and aligned.|November 2017|
|In November 2017 DLR delivered the Focal-Plane Module for integration to U-Bern|November 2017|
|In October 2017 the instrument was pre-calibrated with the EQM of the camera|October 2017|
|In July 2017 the instrument flight model was aligned with the EQM of the camera.|July 2017|
|In June 2017 the first ground segment validation test was executed (SVT-1A).|June 2017|
|In May 2016 the system CDR was passed.|May 2016|
|In April 2016 the instrument electrical model was delivered to the spacecraft.|April 2016|
|In January 2016 the instrument critical design review (CDR) was passed.|January 2016|
|In August 2015 the instrument structural and thermal model was delivered to the spacecraft.|August 2015|
|On 19 February 2014 CHEOPS was adopted by SPC.|February 2014|
|On 19 October 2012 it was selected for study for the first S-class mission.|October 2012|
|CHEOPS has been proposed as an S-class mission in response to the call for Proposals issued by ESA in March 2012.|March 2012|