Herschel Launch

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Ariane 5: Launch of space telescopes Herschel and Planck set for 14 May

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Sunday, 10 May (T-4): Fairing installation on top of the ARIANE V (V188)

The TEAM (just before encapsulation)

HERSCHEL / PLANCK fairing

Lifting of HERSCHEL / PLANCK fairing

HERSCHEL ready for encapsulation

Telescope protected by foil

Telescope protection foil removal just before encapsulation

HERSCHEL un-protected (the last picture of naked S/C)

HERSCHEL on top of SYLDA (PLANCK)

That's it, HERSCHEL protected by fairing

Martin Mueller

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