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- Caption:
The Planck-Sylda composite seen receding from Herschel after separation- Credits:
- ESA
- ID number:
- SEM8WLZVNUF
- HI-RES GIF size:
- 1493 kb
- Related Animations:
- Astronomy techniques
- Herschel
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- Description
Animation of images taken by Herschel's Visual Monitoring Camera (VMC) shortly after separation from the Planck-Sylda composite at 15:38 CEST on 14 May 2009. The images show the composite receding behind Herschel; Earth's surface is in the background. The two satellites were travelling at about 10 km/s, 1150 km above the East coast of Africa. ESA's infrared observatory Herschel and Planck, the Agency's mission to study the Cosmic Microwave Background, lifted off together on an Ariane 5 at 15:12 CEST from ESA's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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