Date: 08 Jan 2009
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: Flight model spacecraft on overhead crane
Location: Cleanroom at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Copyright: ESA

On 8 January, after its removal from the LSS earlier that day, the Herschel flight model spacecraft is transferred across the cleanroom by an overhead crane to be placed on top of the flight adapter of the Ariane 5 launcher for a fit check.