An engineer works on a service module to be integrated to the European Space Agency's (ESA) PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) satellite telescope mission, at the Thales Alenia Space facilities in Cannes, southeatern France, on September 23, 2024. The PLATO mission aims to discover and characterise Earth-like exoplanets, using a satellite equipped with 26 cameras. Planned to launch at the end of 2026, the ESA satellite will set off in search of exoplanets similar to Earth, determining size, mass and age with unprecedented precision. (Photo by Bénédicte REY / AFP)

An engineer works on a service module to be integrated to the European Space Agency's (ESA) PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) satellite telescope mission, at the Thales Alenia Space facilities in Cannes, southeatern France, on September 23, 2024. The PLATO mission aims to discover and characterise Earth-like exoplanets, using a satellite equipped with 26 cameras. Planned to launch at the end of 2026, the ESA satellite will set off in search of exoplanets similar to Earth, determining size, mass and age with unprecedented precision. (Photo by Bénédicte REY / AFP)

An engineer works on a service module to be integrated to the European Space Agency's (ESA) PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) satellite telescope mission, at the Thales Alenia Space facilities in Cannes, southeatern France, on September 23, 2024. The PLATO mission aims to discover and characterise Earth-like exoplanets, using a satellite equipped with 26 cameras. Planned to launch at the end of 2026, the ESA satellite will set off in search of exoplanets similar to Earth, determining size, mass and age with unprecedented precision. (Photo by Bénédicte REY / AFP)