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Herschel Focal Plane

Herschel Focal Plane


Date: 19 September 2007
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: Focal plane units of the three instruments
Copyright: ESA

Top view of the Herschel focal plane, with the focal plane units (FPUs) of the three scientific instruments:

  • HIFI (Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared), a high-resolution spectrometer, developed under the coordination of the SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
  • PACS (Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer), developed under the coordination of the MPE institute, Germany
  • SPIRE (Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver), a camera, developed under the coordination of the Cardiff University, UK.

The three FPUs are mounted on top of the optical bench inside the cryostat vacuum vessel, the top of which has been removed in this view to reveal the focal plane.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
13-Dec-2024 21:50 UT

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