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Pandora

Pandora is a SmallSat that will study 20 stars and their 39 exoplanets in visible and infrared light. It is aimed at disentangling the signals from stars and planetary atmospheres. Understanding how changes in starlight affects measurements of exoplanets is an outstanding problem in the search for habitable planets beyond the solar system.

Launch Date
December 2026
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Key Staffs
  • Ground-based Sub-working Group Lead
  • Principal Investigator
  • Project Scientist
  • Deputy Project Scientist

Pandora is a SmallSat that will study 20 stars and their 39 exoplanets in visible and infrared light. It is aimed at disentangling the signals from stars and planetary atmospheres. Understanding how changes in starlight affects measurements of exoplanets is an outstanding problem in the search for habitable planets beyond the solar system.

Related Publications

2026. "Global analysis of nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde column densities from the Pandora global network: Variability and implications for satellite validation.", Remote Sensing of Environment, 335 115249 [10.1016/j.rse.2026.115249] [Journal Article/Letter]