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ESA’s Euclid mission has reached a new milestone in its development with successful testing of the telescope and instruments showing that it can operate and achieve the required performance in the extreme environment of space.

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration ... nvironment

Another piece of L2 hardware!

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That is an awesome piece of kit.

Exciting times ahead.
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Nice telescope, can't wait to see what it produces.

It is going to have quite the trip to it's observing spot!
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I wonder if it will get there before the JWST!!!
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Graeme1858 wrote: Wed Sep 29, 2021 4:22 pm I wonder if it will get there before the JWST!!!
:shrug: ;)
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