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Planck transport at Schiphol

Date: 27 March 2008
Satellite: Planck
Depicts: Unloading the Antonov 124 after arrival
Location: Amsterdam airport Shiphol, Netherlands
Copyright: Erik Donk

The Planck transport & storage container is unloaded from the Antonov 124 cargo aircraft at the Amsterdam airport, Schiphol. By means of a crane the container with the Planck flight model spacecraft was placed on a truck for subsequent transport to the test facilities at ESTEC, Noordwijk.


Last Update: 23 July 2008

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See also

  • Planck Arrives at ESTEC (http://sci.esa.int/jump.cfm?oid=42542)