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CHEOPS arrival at ESA’s technical centre
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CHEOPS arrival at ESA’s technical centre
Date: 31 August 2018 Satellite: CHEOPS Depicts: Truck delivering CHEOPS satellite Location: ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Copyright: ESA–G.Porter Show in archive: true
On 30 August 2018, the CHEOPS satellite was delivered to ESA's technical centre in The Netherlands for acoustic noise and electromagnetic compatibility tests. When these are complete, the satellite will return to Airbus Defence and Space Spain in Madrid for the final preparations before being shipped to Europe’s spaceport in Kourou for launch.