Completed · Success
ESA's Planck analysed the Cosmic Microwave Background from a Lissajous orbit around Sun-Earth L2.
- Destinations
No celestial-body destination recorded; this extended-scope observatory studies a non-body scientific domain.
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 5
- Launch site
- Kourou, French Guiana
- Countries
- International
- Mission types
- Observatory
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Planck · Spacecraft
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 6, 2026
- Planck overview - ESA — ESAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (lunar and planetary catalog), J. McDowell — OTHEROther · Supports: mission claims
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context