Gaia Service Module being lifted into the vacuum chamber of the SIMLES facility at Intespace Toulouse
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Date: 22 July 2012
Satellite: Gaia
Depicts: Protoflight Model of the Gaia Service Module
Location: Intespace Toulouse, France
Copyright: Astrium SAS
The Gaia Service Module being lifted into the vacuum chamber of the SIMLES facility at Intespace Toulouse in preparation for thermal balance/thermal vacuum testing.
Last Update: 1 September 2019