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Planck satellite shows its beauty

1 February 2007

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Planck satellite on display at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, on 1 February 2007. Thales Alenia Space is the Prime Contractor for building the satellite.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

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Nobel-prize winner Smoot views Planck satellite

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George F.Smoot, Nobel Prize for Physics in 2006, views the Planck satellite in the Alcatel Alenia Space facilities in Cannes, France, on 1 February 2007.

Smoot, from the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., Univ of California, shares the Nobel prize with John C. Mather (NASA) for the discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the Cosmic Background Radiation – Planck’s object of study.

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Planck satellite on display in Cannes by Alcatel Alenia Space (AAS)'s facilities on 1 February 2007. AAS is the Prime Contractor for building the satellite.

Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja

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Planck satellite on display at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, on 1 February 2007. Thales Alenia Space is the Prime Contractor for building the satellite.

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Planck satellite's mirrors on display in Cannes, by Alcatel Alenia Space facilities.

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Nobel-prize winner G.Smoot views Planck satellite

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George F.Smoot, Nobel Prize for Physics in 2006, views the Planck satellite in the Alcatel Alenia Space facilities in Cannes, France, on 1 February 2007.

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