Planck Satellite Launch
Europe's Herschel and Planck space telescopes have finally come together.The satellites now share a common cleanroom at the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, from where they will be dispatched into orbit as soon as final check out is finished.
Launch is now scheduled for 6:15 AM Pacific Time May 14.
The observatories have been produced as part of a joint programme that has taken more than 15 years to develop and which is worth some 1.9bn euros.Their arrival in the S1 preparation hall at Kourou marks the first time the pair have come face to face...
Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7926546.stm Source: BBC News
Read more: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMB9SANJTF_index_0.html
Live launch feed: http://www.videocorner.tv/
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