Fibres on edge of Gaia's sunshield
![](https://cdn.sci.esa.int/documents/33580/35361/1567215341251-ESA_Gaia_sunshield_tests_20140924_150935_625.jpg)
Date: 04 August 2016
Satellite: Gaia
Copyright: ESA/Airbus DS
A flight-spare blanket of the Gaia sunshield lit with a torch from the back to enhance the effect of scattered light from fibres protruding from the edge.
Last Update: 1 September 2019