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Back Cleaning of the telescope after unpacking at Centre Spatial Guyanais

Cleaning of the telescope after unpacking at Centre Spatial Guyanais


Date: 14 February 2009
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: Telescope cleaning activities
Location: Cleanroom of S1B building, CSG, Kourou, French Guiana
Copyright: ESA-CNES-Arianespace / Optique Vidéo du CSG

Specialists from the EADS-Astrium Toulouse team (which built the Herschel telescope) performing the final precision cleaning of the Herschel primary mirror, in the S1B clean room at Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), Kourou.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
14-Feb-2026 05:28 UT

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