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Date: 06 January 2008 Satellite: Herschel Depicts: Flight Model spacecraft Location: Cleanroom at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
The Herschel Flight Model spacecraft hangs form a crane while its transport container is being rolled out of the room. Clearly visible is the inner part of the spacecraft's Service Module with two small helium tanks (silver spheres) and the two star trackers (at centre, with orange caps).