#ESAEuclid has successfully passed its last critical launch π step: a few minutes before 16:00 UTC #ESA's Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany, confirmed acquisition of signal from #Euclid via the New Norcia ground station in Australia.
It's time to party! πΎππ₯³ππΊπ₯
Then lots of work ahead with one month of commissioning spacecraft, telescope, and instruments, then 2 months of calibration and performance evaluation before science operations and Euclid's 6-year survey will start.