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Planck cooling system
Planck cooling system
Summary
To achieve its scientific objective of measuring the cosmological parameters, the Planck mission must make measurements of the temperature variation in...
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The material and links on this page have been collated for the benefit of the Planck project, their industrial collaborators, the principal investigators and their teams.
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Alcatel Espace
Alcatel Espace
This page provides a link to http://www-europe.alcatel.com/telecom/space/science/index.htm
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Planck FM#1 Enters FOCAL-5 Test Chamber
View of the Planck FM#1 spacecraft coming into the FOCAL-5 test chamber. This view is from inside the test chamber looking at the top side of Planck FM#1.
CMB related links
CMB related links
This page provides a link to http://astro.estec.esa.nl/SA-general/Projects/Planck/cmblin/cmblin_top.html
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ESA Astrophysics home page
ESA Astrophysics home page
This page provides a link to http://astro.estec.esa.nl/Planck/
FIRST/Planck main cryogenic stage separation coast Phase Ignition 3rd Ariane-5 Stage
FIRST/Planck main cryogenic stage separation coast Phase Ignition 3rd Ariane-5 Stage
More about Planck
Planck will examine the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) with an accuracy never achieved before.
The Planck mission: overview and capabilities for observing extended emission
The Planck mission: overview and capabilities for observing extended emission
Publication date: 15 September 1999
Authors: Danesy, D. (ed.)
Journal: ESA Special Publication ...
The Planck mission: overview and current status
The Planck mission: overview and current status
Publication date: 01 January 2000
Authors: Tauber, J.A.
Journal: Astrophysics Letters & Communications
Volume: 37
Page: pp.145 ...
COBRAS/SAMBA: Report on the Phase A Study
COBRAS/SAMBA: Report on the Phase A Study
Publication date: 03 June 1996
Authors: Bersanelli, M. et al.
Journal: ESA Special Publication
Year: 1996
Copyright: ESA
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Planck Flight Model Telescope inside LSS
Beautiful view of the Planck telescope from behind. One can see the primary reflector by reflection in the secondary.
Sealing of LSS Access Door
The last LSS access door to the Planck telescope flight model (FM) is being sealed. Over the coming days, the fully integrated Planck telescope FM will undergo videogrammetry measurements at low...
LSS Fully Closed and Sealed
The Large Space Simulator is sealed on the Planck telescope flight model, ready for videogrammetry measurements at low temperature.
Planck Telescope FM Transport
The Planck Telescope Flight Model (FM) departing from Alcatel Alenia Space in Cannes for transport to ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Planck is the first European mission to study the birth of the Universe
Planck is the first European mission to study the birth of the Universe
Planck First Light Survey - Milky Way detail at 44 GHz
First Light Survey - Milky Way detail at 44 GHz
ESA Bulletin 138: Looking back to the dawn of time - The science behind ESA's Planck observatory
ESA Bulletin 138: Looking back to the dawn of time - The science behind ESA's Planck observatory
Publication date: 02 April 2009
Authors: Tauber, J., et al.
Journal: ESA Bulletin ...
Assembly of the Planck Proto-flight Model
The assembly of the Planck Proto-flight Model has been completed in AAS-F in Cannes. The two main modules constituting the satellite: the payload module and the service module were joined together...
ESA announces signature of its largest-ever contract awarded to build astronomy satellites
Alcatel Space, prime contractor for ESA's Herschel and Planck space telescopes.The largest contract ever in the history of European space astronomy has been awarded by the European Space Agency,...
How we map the first light - the science ground segment of Planck
How we map the first light - the science ground segment of Planck
Publication date: 16 August 2009
Authors: Texier, D.
Journal: ESA Bulletin
Volume: 139
Page: 21-24
Year:...
Watch the replay of the Planck media briefing (21 March 2013; morning)
Watch the replay of the Planck media briefing (21 March 2013; morning)
This page provides a link to ...
A simulation of what the Cosmic Microwave Background sky will look like to Planck
The Cosmic Microwave Background comes from everywhere with (almost) the same intensity. This was confirmed by the COBE satellite, which measured (almost) the same temperature of 2.7 degree Kelvin...
Planck First Light Survey - Milky Way detail at 353 GHz
First Light Survey - Milky Way detail at 353 GHz
The Planck Toolkit (pdf, 460k)
The Planck Toolkit (pdf, 460k)
This page provides a link to /science-e/www/object/doc.cfm?fobjectid=51552
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Objectives
Planck has provided a map of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) field at high angular resolution, covering at least 95% of the sky over a wide frequency range. Planck has been designed to have...
Fact Sheet
Planck addressed some of the most important questions in modern science: how did the Universe begin, how did it evolve to the state we observe today, and how will it continue to evolve in the...
Mission Team
Mission Team
The people at ESA responsible for the Planck Mission are:
Damien Texier
Mission Manager
Science Operations Department,
European Space Agency,
European Space...
An interview with Andrew Lange of the BOOMERANG project
An interview with Andrew Lange of the BOOMERANG project
This page provides a link to http://spdext.estec.esa.nl/content/doc/94/27028_.htm
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Davis Cosmic Frontiers Conferences - Mining the Cosmic Frontier in the Planck Era
Davis Cosmic Frontiers Conferences - Mining the Cosmic Frontier in the Planck Era
Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2
Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2
This page provides a link to http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM0Y5S7NWF_index_0.html
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INFO 04-1999a: Payload for Planck confirmed
The two instruments on board ESA's spacecraft Planck were definitivelyselected on 17February by ESA's Science Programme Committee. Planck is due to belaunched in 2007. The instruments consist of...
Planck's full-scale mock-up unveiled this week in Bologna
Planck, ESA's satellite to study the origins of the Universe, will makeits first 'public appearance' this week in Bologna (Italy): a full-scalemock-up of the satellite, due for launch in 2007, will...
Planck payload endorsed by SPC
At its 28/29 May meeting the ESA Science Programme Committee (SPC) endorsed the Planck payload proposed by the scientific community.
The BOOMERANG project
The BOOMERANG project
This page provides a link to http://oberon.roma1.infn.it/boomerang/
ESA's Planck satellite at Copenhagen's Planetarium
The Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen hosts from today a full-scale mock-up of ESA4s satellite Planck, as the main element of an exhibition officially opened today by the Danish Minister of...
150 cosmologists and astrophysicists meet in the Netherlands at the end of January
About 150 cosmologists and astrophysicists will meet from 30 January until 2 February at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) inNoordwijk, the Netherlands, to discuss the...
Cool-down to operational temperatures
Plot of the temperature versus time for the three coolers of the Planck active cooling system (20K, 4K and 0.1K), during the cool-down to operational temperatures in the first seven weeks after...
Planck First Light Survey - detail of the Milky Way at nine frequencies
Planck First Light Survey - detail of the Milky Way
Tycho Brahe Planetarium in Copenhagen
Tycho Brahe Planetarium& OmnimaxteaterGl. Kongevej 10DK-1610 Kxbenhavn K
How constant is our changeable Universe?
Constants govern the way our Universe behaves. We regard them as fixed, unchanging quantities. However, how can we be sure that constant really means constant? Modern theories require the values of...
Joseph Silk, astronomer
clarifies some basic concepts in cosmology and explains why we may never get to know whether the Universe is finite or infinite
Planck First Light Survey - Milky Way detail at 143 GHz
First Light Survey - Milky Way detail at 143 GHz