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Monday, June 17, 2013

Final command: Herschel ends operations as orbiting testbed


17-06-2013 09:25 AM CEST


With the exhaustion of its helium coolant, Herschel's science mission ended on 29 April. 

But the stalwart satellite continued providing value to the end, serving as an orbiting testbed for control techniques that can't normally be tested in flight.

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