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Back Planck FM#1 Enters FOCAL-5 Test Chamber

Planck FM#1 Enters FOCAL-5 Test Chamber


Date: 23 February 2006
Satellite: Planck
Depicts: Flight Model #1
Location: Centre Spatial de Liège, Belgium
Copyright: Alcatel Alenia Space / ESA

The Planck FM#1 spacecraft is about to enter into the FOCAL-5 facility at CSL. The spacecraft was to be placed in the chamber, which was then to be closed in order to preserve the spacecraft from risks of contamination for the weekend, when an electrical maintenance with power break (meaning no airco, no clean room environment guaranteed) had to take place.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
7-Mar-2026 18:41 UT

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