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Closing of FOCAL-5 Chamber Door


Date: 16 June 2008
Satellite: Planck
Depicts: FOCAL-5 vacuum chamber
Location: Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL)
Copyright: ESA/Thales

The second door of the FOCAL-5 vacuum chamber is closed. Inside the chamber, the Planck spacecraft has been installed and prepared for the start of the thermal balance / thermal vacuum test campaign.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
17-Mar-2026 06:55 UT

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