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Date: 09 April 2009 Satellite: Herschel Depicts: The CCU containing Herschel Location: Outside the S1B building at CSG, Kourou, French Guiana Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
The CCU (Conteneur Charge Utile; payload transport container) containing the Herschel spacecraft detaches from the airlock at S1B ready to start the journey to S5.