2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent
Herschel
Far-infrared and submillimetre observatory.
Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 2009
- Lead / partner
- ESA
- Target
- Sun–Earth L2
- Category
- Infrared astronomy
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
- Duration
- Planned: 3 years Final:
Why it happened
Herschel flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of ESA's work toward sun–earth l2. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Far-infrared and submillimetre observatory.
Results
Far-infrared and submillimetre observatory.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- ESA/NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
