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Telescope cover removal


Date: 25 February 2009
Satellite: Planck
Depicts: Removing the cover of the telescope
Location: Cleanroom of S1B building, CSG, Kourou, French Guiana
Copyright: ESA

For the payload module alignment measurements, which were performed as part of the spacecraft alignment tests at Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG), the telescope cover was removed on 26 February. Shortly after, the small FPU cover that protects the HFI feedhorns was also removed in preparation for the final FPU alignment measurement.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
14-Feb-2026 04:44 UT

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