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The ESA Herschel Space Observatory: first year in-flight and early highlights

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2011

G.L. Pilbratt*
Affiliation:
Herschel Project Scientist, ESA Research and Scientific Support Department, ESTEC/SRE-SA, Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ Noordwijk, The Netherlands
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Abstract

The ESA Herschel Space Observatory was successfully launched on 14 May 2009, and is currently operating in its routine science phase. Due to the rapidly evolving nature of the mission at this point a short summary with pointers to more up-to-date additional information is provided here.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© EAS, EDP Sciences 2011

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