ESA’s Gaia satellite
ESA’s Gaia satellite is a space telescope designed to measure the positions of billions of stars with unprecedented precision. Gaia was launched on 19 December 2013 and is located at the L2 Lagrange point — the same location that the upcoming NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope will have.
Credit:ESA/ATG medialab
About the Image
| Id: | heic1719f |
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| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 27 November 2017, 17:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1905, heic1719 |
| Size: | 3508 x 2480 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Gaia |
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| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Spacecraft |
| Category: | Spacecraft |
