Ariane 5 carrying Herschel and Planck lifts off
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 08:21
in Astronomy & Space
At 15:12:02 CEST, at the beginning of a 55-minute launch window, the Herschel and Planck satellite pair lifted off on board an Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.