Prepare a CHEOPS proposal.
setuhq propose cheops writes a preparation pack for the CHEOPS Guest Observers Running Call: the rules checked, the target's status, planning estimates, anonymised drafts and ESA's seven steps as a checklist. You run ESA's tools and submit yourself.
SetuHQ is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated on behalf of ESA, the CHEOPS mission or the CHEOPS Consortium. It does not replace ESA's Target Checker, Visibility Tool, Exposure Time Calculator, Scheduling Feasibility Checker or the Policies & Procedures document; the official call and tools govern.
setuhq propose cheops "TOI-1987" --orbits 30
setuhq propose lint my-justification.md --author-name "Your Name"This is a proposal preparation pack: a drafting aid. It does not submit anything, it does not log in to any ESA system, and it makes no claim of ESA approval, feasibility or visibility.
What a pack holds
- The rules of the Running Call: cycles and deadlines in Paris time, programme sizes, visit limits.
- The target's status: SIMBAD coordinates, a match against ESA's Reserved Target List (downloaded at run time and never committed to the repository), and prior public visits from DACE's public metadata (the University of Geneva's public API, not designated by ESA). ESA's Target Checker and Mission Archive stay definitive.
- Planning estimates from published in-flight performance (Fortier et al. 2024): estimates for drafting only, to confirm with ESA's Exposure Time Calculator, Visibility Tool and Scheduling Feasibility Checker.
- Anonymised drafts with generic headings, and an anonymity lint: an aid, not a guarantee.
What it never does
- It never logs in, submits, or automates any ESA system; there is no form submission and no Proposal Handling Tool interaction.
- It stores no proprietary data and no PI name or id: archive answers are filtered in memory before anything reaches disk, and the names you give the lint are never written into the pack.
- It reproduces no ESA template, logo or figure. CHEOPS data stay under ESA's terms (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO), outside SetuHQ's CC BY 4.0, its commercial licence and Pro.
Every rule, source and limit: docs/CHEOPS-PROPOSALS.md. Questions about the call go to ESA; questions about this helper go to SetuHQ's issue tracker.