Telescope Delayed Again
Europe’s Herschel-Planck dual telescope mission has been delayed yet again, this time due to discovery of an anomaly on a subassembly identical to one that equips the mission’s Ariane 5 ECA launcher. No new date has yet been set for the launch, which had been scheduled for May 6.
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