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Herschel passes a new milestone

21 February 2007

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Top view of the Herschel cryostat in the Large Space Simulator, where it is being prepared for a three week test in in ESA's ESTEC facilities, Noordwijk (Netherlands). The tests took place between the end of January and mid February 2007.

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Herschel cryostat in the Large Space Simulator

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Herschel cryostat being prepared for a three week test inside the Large Space Simulator, in ESA's ESTEC facilities, Noordwijk (Netherlands). The tests took place between the end of January and mid February 2007.

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Artist's view of the Herschel Spacecraft

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This artist's concept shows the Herschel spacecraft.

Herschel will be the largest space telescope ever launched to date. Its 3.5-metre diameter mirror will collect long-wavelength infrared radiation from some of the coolest and most distant objects in the Universe. Herschel will be the only space observatory to cover the range from far-infrared to sub-millimetre wavelengths.

The mission will be launched in July 2008, in tandem with ESA's Planck spacecraft, by an Ariane-5 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou (French Guiana).

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