COROT: A MINISAT for pionnier science, asteroseismology and planets finding

COROT belongs to the minisat program of the french space agency CNES. It has two main scientific programmes: asteroseismology and search for extrasolar planets. The main characteristics of the mission as well as the necessary adaptation to the minisat constraints are described. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd on behalf of COSPAR.