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Gaia Payload Data Handling Unit


Date: 21 May 2013
Satellite: Gaia
Depicts: Gaia Payload Data Handling Unit
Copyright: Syderal SA

The Gaia Payload Data Handling Unit (PDHU) is, among other things, the 'hard-disk' of Gaia, responsible for temporary storage of science data received from the telescope before transmission back to Earth.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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