Herschel and Planck to lift off on 14 May   View of the Technical Center (CT) of the Guyana Space Centre (CSG), Europe's Spaceport. Located some 14 km East from the Ariane Launch Complexes, the CT incorporates all the CSG headquarters as well as managing and control facilities, including the Jupiter Mission Control Centre, the full-scale Ariane 5 mock-up, and the initial S1 Payload Processing Facility (EPCU) for satellite checkout. Release date: 9 July 2009