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Date: 19 May 2008 Satellite: Planck Depicts: Chamber fit check activities for TBTV test campaign Location: Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL) Copyright: ESA/Thales Show in archive: true
By means of an overhead crane the Planck spacecraft is hoisted from its ground support to be placed on the "CSL Square Support" on which the spacecraft will be fastened for placing inside the FOCAL-5 test chamber.
The test chamber can be partly seen on the right and the thermal tent is on the left.