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ESA: "Planck" reached its destination
Rome, Italy - In orbit around the L2. From there, for two years, the ESA's space observatory will hear the echo by Big Bang
"On Friday night, the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273.05°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft has also just entered its final orbit around the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system, L2. Planck is equipped with a passive cooling system that brings its temperature down to about -230°C b...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency