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Table 1

Characteristics of the PLATO payload.

Parameter Description/value

TOU 26 units
Optics 6 refractive lenses
Design Axis-symmetric dioptics
Aperture diameter 12 cm
Full FOV 2132 deg2
Spectral range 500–1000 nm
CCDs (FEEs) 104 units (26 units)
Model Teledyne-e2v CCD270
Design Back illuminated
Pixel size 18 µm
Plate scale 15 arcsec (on-axis)
N-CAMs 24 units
Camera overlap 6, 12, 18, 24 (partial)
Effective FOV 1037 deg2
Detector FPA 4 full-frame CCDs
Detector size 4510 × 4510 pixel
Exposure time 21 s
Readout time 4s
Cadence 25 s
F-CAMs 2 units (red and blue filter)
Camera overlap 2 (full)
Effective FOV 619 deg2
Detector FPA 4 frame-transfer CCDs
Detector size 4510 × 2255 pixel
Exposure time 2.3s
Readout time 0.2s
Cadence 2.5 s

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