Planck Arrives At Launch Pad

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The Planck spacecraft in its transport container, in preparation for a flight to Rochambeau airport, French Guiana. Image credit: ESA

by Staff Writers
Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 05, 2009
The Planck spacecraft has arrived at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled to be launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket on April 16.

The spacecraft arrived from Belgium via an Antonov An-124 cargo plane on Feb. 19.

It will be launched with the Herschel spacecraft, though the two missions will separate shortly after launch and operate independently from each other.

Planck is a European Space Agency mission, with significant participation from NASA. NASA's Planck Project Office is based at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

NASA contributed mission-enabling technology for both of Planck's science instruments. U.S. and European Planck scientists will work together to analyze the Planck data.

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Herschel Spacecraft Inspection And Final Mirror Cleaning

Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Mar 03, 2009
In the first few days following its arrival at CSG the Herschel spacecraft was unpacked and inspected. The first of a series of final preparations to ready the spacecraft for launch - the final cleaning of the primary and secondary mirror - was completed.

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