Planck satellite manoeuvre aims at L2 arrival

Beginning today, ESA's Planck satellite will carry out a critical mid-course manoeuvre that will place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system, early in July.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMVHHVTGVF_index_0.html

Time: 5. Jun. 2009

Feed: ESA Top News

Topics: arrival, manoeuvre, planck, satellite