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Date: 05 March 2009 Satellite: Planck Depicts: The spacecraft during final cleaning Location: Cleanroom of S1B building, CSG, Kourou, French Guiana Copyright: ESA Show in archive: true
Friday 6 March 2009, the spacecraft was meticulously cleaned with a special vacuum hoover. The spacecraft's surface was inspected using UV light to detect dust particles that fluoresce after illumination with UV.