Gaia Antenna Support Panel
Date: 19 March 2012
Satellite: Gaia
Depicts: Antenna Support Panel
Location: EADS CASA test facility, Madrid, Spain
Copyright: Astrium-A. Martin, 2012
The 1.5m wide Gaia Antenna Panel, which contains the satellite's Phased Array Antenna, is seen here inside the Antenna Test Facility at EADS CASA test facility in Madrid.
Gaia will be launched in 2013, tasked with surveying a billion stars and creating a 3D map of stars in our Galaxy.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
