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Final curtain for Europe's deep-space telescope

Post by stephen63 » Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:27 pm

"Herschel has been turned off," ESA director general Jean-Jacques Dordain told journalists at the Paris Air Show.

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Herschel ends operations as orbiting testbed

Post by bystander » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:07 pm

Herschel ends operations as orbiting testbed
ESA Operations | Herschel | 2013 Jun 17

Final Command Shuts Down Herschel Telescope
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2013 Jun 17
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