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-====== The SPIRou Legacy Survey (SLS) & SPICE: Large programmes with SPIRou at CFHT ======
+====== The SPIRou Legacy Survey, SPICE & PLANETS large programmes with SPIRou at CFHT ======
 [[http://spirou.irap.omp.eu|SPIRou]] is the new near-infrared (nIR) spectropolarimeter / velocimeter for the [[http://cfht.hawaii.edu|Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope]] (CFHT).  SPIRou aims in particular at becoming world-leader on **two forefront science topics**, (i) the quest for Earth-like planets in the habitable zones of very-low-mass stars, and (ii) the study of low-mass star & planet formation in the presence of magnetic fields.  The science programs that SPIRou proposes to tackle are forefront, ambitious and timely - ideally phased in particular with complementary space missions like TESS and later-on JWST and PLATO.
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 To address these two main science goal with SPIRou, **310 CFHT nights were first allocated over 7 semesters** (2019a to 2022a) in the framework of a Large Programme (LP) called the **SPIRou Legacy Survey** (SLS).  The SLS is divided into **three main components**, two of them dedicated to exoplanets around M dwarfs, and one focussed on large-scale magnetic felds & young hot Jupiters of pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars.
-Following the completion of the SLS, **a new Large Programme of 174.3 CFHT nights, called SPICE** (standing for 'SPIRou Legacy Survey - Consolidation & Enhancement') **was allocated over 4 semesters** (2022b to 2024a).  SPICE focusses on a sample of late-M dwarfs, TESS candidates and pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars that were not monitored within the SLS.  A final semester (2024b) was allocated to SPICE (as PI programmes on both F and C sides) to complete the ongoing observations of a few key targets.
+Following the completion of the SLS, **a new LP of 174.3 CFHT nights, called SPICE** (standing for 'SPIRou Legacy Survey - Consolidation & Enhancement') **was allocated over 4 semesters** (2022b to 2024a).  SPICE focusses on a sample of late-M dwarfs, TESS candidates and pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars that were not monitored within the SLS.  A final semester (2024b) was allocated to SPICE (as PI programmes on both F and C sides) to complete the ongoing observations of a few key targets.
+After completion of SPICE and its 2024b extension, **a third LP called PLANETS** (standing for PLanets, Atmospheres, and Nativity of ExtraTerrestrial worldS) **was awarded 240 CFHT nights over 4 new semesters** (2025a to 2026b), with broadened science goals now including the study of exoplanet atmospheres.
 SLS and SPICE observations aim at the following objectives: (i) accomplish selected large-scale community-defined scientific programs and (ii) provide the community with an extensive, homogenous, well characterized, and high quality database having the potential for a wide range of long-lasting scientific applications with a **clear Legacy dimension**.
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