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Date: 02 April 2008 Satellite: Planck Depicts: Flight model spacecraft on GSE Location: Cleanroom at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
Wednesday, 2 April, the Planck spacecraft was transferred to the Large Space Simulator (LSS) at ESTEC. This view shows the spacecraft still resting on its ground support equipment (GSE) ready for the overhead crane to be attached to it and lifting it up to the entrance level of the LSS.