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Mirror being loaded into the Beluga transport
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Mirror being loaded into the Beluga transport
Date: 29 June 2004 Satellite: Herschel Depicts: Primary Mirror Transport to Finland Location: Toulouse Copyright: ESA / EADS Astrium Show in archive: true
The Herschel primary mirror blank, mounted in its transport container, is loaded onto an Airbus A300-600ST "Beluga" ready for a flight to Finland, where the optical surface will be polished.