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Planck satellite to be presented to media
01-16-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)ESA PR 04-2007. By the end of February, integration of Planck, the ESA spacecraft due to study relic radiation from the Big Bang, will have been completed - and so too will a major step towards launch. ESA and Alcatel Alenia Space (AAS) are jointly inviting the media to a press conference to be held at the AAS facilities in Cannes, France, on 1 February to hear about the mission's technological achievements and scientific objectives and to view the spacecraft in all its splendour.
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