Fluidr / europeanspaceagency's "Gaia" set

Placing Gaia in the payload transport container

N 4 B 16.4K C 0 E Nov 29, 2013 F Dec 9, 2013

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Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace / Optique Vidéo du CSG - S. Martin

Tags: Gaia Kourou Europe's Spaceport

Transfer of the Gaia spacecraft to the S5A building for fuelling

N 5 B 7.3K C 0 E Nov 29, 2013 F Dec 9, 2013

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Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace / Optique Vidéo du CSG - S. Martin

Tags: Gaia Kourou Europe's Spaceport

Filling of the Gaia spacecraft fuel tanks

N 14 B 8.0K C 0 E Dec 2, 2013 F Dec 9, 2013

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Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace / Optique Vidéo du CSG - S. Martin

Tags: Gaia Kourou Europe's Spaceport

Placing Gaia in the payload transport container (CCU3)

N 1 B 6.5K C 0 E Nov 29, 2013 F Dec 9, 2013

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Credit: ESA-CNES-Arianespace / Optique Vidéo du CSG - S. Martin

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Gaia checks out of antenna testing

N 10 B 5.7K C 4 E Mar 20, 2012 F Jul 3, 2012

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The 1.5m wide Gaia Antenna Panel, which contains the satellite’s Phased Array Antenna, is seen here inside the Antenna Test Facility at EADS CASA test facility in Madrid.

Gaia will be launched in 2013, tasked with surveying a billion stars and creating a 3D map of stars in our Galaxy.

For more information, please click here.

Credits: Astrium–A. Martin, 2012

Tags: ESA European Space Agency European space Agency Gaia Astrium