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HERSCHEL
Launch Details
| Launched | 13 May 2009 |
| Flight ended | – |
| Status | Partially operational |
| Launch site | Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana |
| Owner | European Space Agency |
| NORAD ID | 34937 |
| COSPAR ID | 2009-026A |
| Observing |
Timeline
| 2009 May 14 | – | Launch from Guiana Space Centre |
| 2009 Jun 14 | – | Cryocover removed, allowing the PACS system to see the sky |
| 2009 Jun 19 | – | First test images of M51 published |
| 2009 Jul 21 | – | Start of scientific operations |
| 2013 Apr 29 | – | Coolant supply exhausted |
| 2013 Jun 17 | – | Spacecraft decommissioned |