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Planck

Also known as COBRAS/SAMBA

ESA · Launched

Explore trajectory

Completed · Success

ESA's Planck analysed the Cosmic Microwave Background from a Lissajous orbit around Sun-Earth L2.

Destinations

No celestial-body destination recorded; this extended-scope observatory studies a non-body scientific domain.

Launch vehicle
Ariane 5
Launch site
Kourou, French Guiana
Countries
International
Mission types
Observatory

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Planck launched

    Earth

  2. Mission end

    Planck received its final command

    Operations ended after the observatory departed Sun–Earth L2 for a heliocentric disposal orbit.

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Planck · Spacecraft

Trajectory record

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.

J2000 · Sun-centered display · positions interpolated between source states

Coverage: May 14, 2009 to December 31, 2049

Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.

  • Planck: Estimated · May 14, 2009 to December 31, 2049

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through October 12, 2026