19 September 2007
The following images have been released on the occasion of the Herschel Industrial Media Day in Friedrichshafen on 19 September 2007.
The Herschel spacecraft
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Herschel
Herschel operating at the second Lagrange point (L2)
Herschel
Sun, Earth and the spacecraft are aligned
Inside Herschel
Herschel in space, close up on its mirror
Herschel's cryostat vacuum vessel, its instruments and mirror
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Herschel’s sophisticated cooling system
Herschel’s sophisticated cooling system
Herschel’s sophisticated cooling system
Herschel's instruments
Integrating the instruments
Herschel’s telescope
Herschel's intruments, its solar array and launch configuration
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HIFI
HIFI
PACS
Artist’s impression of PACS
The SPIRE focal plane unit
Artist’s impression of SPIRE
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Herschel's solar array and sunshade |
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Herschel & Planck launch configuration |
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