Planck starts manoeuvre aimed at L2 arrival
Submit on Saturday, June 6th, 2009 05:58
ESA’s Planck satellite is carrying out a critical mid-course manoeuvre that will place the satellite on its final trajectory for arrival at L2, the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system, early in July.
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