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Solar Array and Sunshade Integration


Date: 11 April 2008
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: Integration of solar array/sunshade
Location: Cleanroom at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Copyright: ESA

On Friday, 11 April 2008, the flight model solar array/sunshade was integrated with the Herschel spacecraft. With access scaffolding around the service module and cryostat (already mated and behind the solar array/sunshade in this view), the sunshade (reflecting, upper part) was placed on top of the solar array (lower part).
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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