Ariane 5 ECA with Herschel and Planck
Taken in the night of 12/13 May 2009 at Europe's spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre, Kourou. Opening of the Final Assembly Building (BAF) door before the transfer of the Ariane 5 ECA launcher for flight V188 to the launchpad ZL-3.
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Credit: ESA/S. Corvaja