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    Removing the protective foil from the Herschel telescope

    Date: 10 May 2009
    Satellite: Herschel and Planck
    Depicts: Removal of telescope protection foil
    Location: Final assembly building (BAF), CSG, Kourou, French Guiana
    Copyright: ESA-CNES-Arianespace / Optique Vidéo du CSG - P. Baudon

    This image, taken on 10 May, shows the protective foil that is usually in place to protect the mirror being raised from the telescope structure and removed just before the fairing is lowered into place.

     


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