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Date: 16 July 2008 Satellite: Herschel Depicts: Flight model spacecraft Location: Cleanroom at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
The Herschel spacecraft is readied for its horizontal positioning to allow for the M1/M2 distance measurements of the telescope. The measurements were performed on 16 July and followed the completion of the mechanical test campaign (on 3 July).