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Herschel Space Telescope
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Herschel, ESA's infrared space observatory is equipped with a 3.5-m diameter primary mirror, the largest ever launched into space. The telescope mirror will collect long-wavelength infrared radiation from some of the coolest and most distant objects in the Universe. Herschel will cover a wide range of wavelengths, from the far infrared to the sub-millimetre band. The longest of these wavelengths have never been explored before. The mission was launched on 14 May 2009 piggybacking ESA's Planck spacecraft, on board an Ariane 5 ECA from Europe's Spaceport in French Guyana.
Credits: ESA TV.
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Video: Space telescope Herschel (Quicktime; Credit: ESA)
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Video: Planck scanning the sky (Quicktime; Credit: ESA)
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ESA Space Science - Planck
ESA Space Science - Herschel
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Planck Analysis Centre (Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik)
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