Planck
""ESAs time machine to understand the evolution of the Universe""
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The most important space science mission for the European Space Agency and for Ariane is in the last phase of preparation for launch. Due to lift off soon from French Guiana, the flight will be orbiting two observatories, Herschel and Planck.
Planck will be the first European space observatory whose main goal is the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background the relic radiation from the Big Bang. The spacecraft will measure the fluctuations of the CMB with an infinitely precise accuracy. It will be offering a journey back to the dawn of time.
This A & B-Roll focuses on the objectives of the mission with interviews in English, French and Italian with several of the missions Principal Investigators and scientists.
For more info on this subject please check the script that is online as a PDF file under : http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS63108.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under : http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mplo

Planck:
ESAís time machine to understand the evolution of the Universe
Program start : 10:00:00
A-Roll start :
10:00:40
Planck is Europeís first space mission to study the Cosmic Microwave Background, the relic radiation from the Big Bang. Ever since small temperature fluctuations were discovered in this radiation, astronomers have used them to understand the origins of the Universe and the formation of the galaxies.
10:01:02
The spacecraft is just over 4 metres high and 4 metres in diameter. Its telescope with a 1.5 metre primary mirror and its science instruments, surrounded by a baffle to prevent stray light from the Sun and Moon, are placed on top of a service module, practically identical to the one on the Herschel Telescope.
10:01:25
The baffle will also radiate and cool the science payload. Because like Herschel, Planckís detectors have to operate at very low and stable temperatures. The spacecraft has a chain of refrigerators to cool the instruments down to a temperature range between -273 degrees Cel