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Date: 25 February 2009 Satellite: Herschel Depicts: Large helium-I containers Location: Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, French Guiana Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
Helium-I is transported by boat to Kourou in large cryogenically cooled and vacuum insulated containers each containing about 30 000 litres of liquid helium.