Transporting Herschel from S1 to S5
Date: 09 April 2009
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: The CCU on the way to S5
Copyright: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG - L. Mira
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The CCU (Conteneur Charge Utile; payload transport container) containing the Herschel spacecraft travelled the 5 km from S1 to S5 in convoy.
Functional testing of the spacecraft was performed in the S1 building; the Hydrazine fuelling is done in the S5 building.
Last Update: 1 September 2019