Maneuver Puts Planck In Final Trajectory

PARIS — The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Planck cosmic background surveyor is on its final trajectory, following a critical corrective maneuver on June 5. The maneuver, involving a series of repeated 6-second pulse burns every minute for up to 30 hours, began at 1:28 p.m. EDT. The pulsed burn...

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