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Ariane 5 ECA | Herschel & Planck
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
Herschel is a space observatory for the ESA. It is a infrared telescope and the largest ever launched to date. NASA is however a partner in this mission. Planck is also an ESA space observatory but maps cosmic microwave background.
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Know what comes next.
Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
A flight sequence has not been published for this mission.