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Planck on course for safe retirement

Submit on Monday, October 21st, 2013 22:56

In preparation for its final switch-off on 23 October, mission controllers have fired Planck’s thrusters to empty its fuel tanks. The burn is one of the final steps to ensure that Planck ends its mission in a permanently safe configuration.

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