Herschel on Ground Support Stand
Date: 07 January 2009
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: Flight model spacecraft
Location: Cleanroom at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Copyright: ESA
In December 2008, the Herschel flight model spacecraft successfully completed the last series of environmental tests inside the Large Space Simulator (LSS). On 8 January 2009 Herschel was removed from the LSS.
This image shows Herschel after it was hoisted out of the LSS and lowered onto a ground support stand. The telescope is covered by a protective foil to protect the contamination sensitive surface of the telescope's primary mirror.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
