On 1 September 2025, the European Space Agency’s Plato spacecraft arrived in Katwijk, the Netherlands by boat. From there, a truck drove the container with Plato to ESTEC’s cleanroom.
[Image description: A large green truck from Kübler Spedition is transporting a massive container wrapped in a protective tarp. The container displays several logos and text, including the logo of the European Space Agency (ESA), indicating it is part of a specialised transport operation. In the background, there is an industrial building with large metal silos under a blue sky.]