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Herschel Space Observatory

Date: 20 September 2017
Copyright: ESA/Herschel/NASA/JPL-Caltech; acknowledgement: T. Pyle & R. Hurt (JPL-Caltech)

The Herschel Space Observatory was launched on 14 May 2009 and completed science observations on 29 April 2013.

Herschel is an ESA space observatory with science instruments provided by European-led Principal Investigator consortia and with important participation from NASA.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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