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Preparing Planck for transfer to LSS


Date: 02 April 2008
Satellite: Planck
Depicts: Flight model spacecraft on GSE
Location: Cleanroom at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Copyright: ESA

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), but with the overhead crane attached to it and ready for lifting the spacecraft up to the entrance level of the LSS.

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