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Planck follows Herschel to launch site
20 February 2009
| The Planck spacecraft, inside its container, was depicted on 18 February 2009 on board the Antonov cargo plane that transported it from Liège airport to Kourou, French Guiana.
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| | | | | The Planck container is placed on a low-bed truck on 17 February 2009 for transport to Liège airport from where the spacecraft departed for Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on 18 February.
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| | | | | Bolted to the transport base, the Planck spacecraft is placed inside its container at the Centre Spatial Liège (CSL) on 16 February 2009.
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| | | | | The Planck spacecraft is transferred from a multi-purpose trolley onto its transport base at the Centre Spatial Liège (CSL) on 10 February 2009.
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| | | | | The Planck spacecraft, inside its container, is loaded onto the truck that transported it from Rouchambeau airport, French Guiana, to the Centre Spatial Guyanais on 19 February 2009.
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| | | | | The Antonov cargo plane transporting Planck lands at Rouchambeau airport, French Guiana, on 19 February 2009
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