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Measuring the mass of the Herschel spacecraft


Date: 07 April 2009
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: Measuring the mass of the Herschel spacecraft
Location: S1B building, CSG, Kourou, French Guiana
Copyright: ESA

The Herschel spacecraft is weighed while still in the S1 building at CGS, Kourou. The measurement will provide a baseline from which the total spacecraft mass at launch will be calculated after the hydrazine fuelling has been completed.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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