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Cryostat Cooldown


Date: 14 February 2008
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: Flight model cryostat vacuum vessel
Location: Cleanroom at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Copyright: ESA

The Herschel flight model spacecraft set up for the cooldown of the cryostat vacuum vessel (CVV). Scaffolding is setup around the spacecraft to allow access to the CVV atop the service module (that rests on the vertical integration stand for handling of the spacecraft on the ground).

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