Planck Early Results: The Planck mission
Creators: name: Planck Collaboration
name: Ade, P. A. R.
name: Aghanim, N.
name: Arnaud, M.
name: Ashdown, M.
name: Aumont, J.
name: Baccigalupi, C.
name: Baker, M.
name: Balbi, A.
name: Banday, A. J.
name: Barreiro, R. B.
name: Bartlett, J. G.
name: Battaner, E.
name: Benabed, K.
name: Bennett, K.
name: Benoît, A.
name: Bernard, J. -P.
name: Bersanelli, M.
name: Bhatia, R.
name: Bock, J. J.
name: Bonaldi, A.
name: Bond, J. R.
name: Borrill, J.
name: Bouchet, F. R.
name: Bradshaw, T.
name: Bremer, M.
name: Bucher, M.
name: Burigana, C.
name: Butler, R. C.
name: Cabella, P.
name: Cantalupo, C. M.
name: Cappellini, B.
name: Cardoso, J. -F.
name: Carr, R.
name: Casale, M.
name: Catalano, A.
name: Cayón, L.
name: Challinor, A.
name: Chamballu, A.
name: Charra, J.
name: Chary, R. -R.
name: Chiang, L. -Y
name: Chiang, C.
name: Christensen, P. R.
name: Clements, D. L.
name: Colombi, S.
name: Couchot, F.
name: Coulais, A.
name: Crill, B. P.
name: Crone, G.
name: Crook, M.
name: Cuttaia, F.
name: Danese, L.
name: D'Arcangelo, O.
name: Davies, R. D.
name: Davis, R. J.
name: de Bernardis, P.
name: de Bruin, J.
name: de Gasperis, G.
name: de Rosa, A.
name: de Zotti, G.
name: Delabrouille, J.
name: Delouis, J. -M.
name: Dèsert, F. -X.
name: Dick, J.
name: Dickinson, C.
name: Dolag, K.
name: Dole, H.
name: Donzelli, S.
name: Dorè, O.
name: Dörl, U.
name: Douspis, M.
name: Dupac, X.
name: Efstathiou, G.
name: Enfllin, T. A.
name: Eriksen, H. K.
name: Finelli, F.
name: Foley, S.
name: Forni, O.
name: Fosalba, P.
name: Frailis, M.
name: Franceschi, E.
name: Freschi, M.
name: Gaier, T. C.
name: Galeotta, S.
name: Gallegos, J.
name: Gandolfo, B.
name: Ganga, K.
name: Giard, M.
name: Giardino, G.
name: Gienger, G.
name: Giraud-Hèraud, Y.
name: González, J.
name: González-Nuevo, J.
name: Górski, K. M.
name: Gratton, S.
name: Gregorio, A.
name: Gruppuso, A.
name: Guyot, G.
name: Haissinski, J.
name: Hansen, F. K.
name: Harrison, D.
name: Helou, G.
name: Henrot-Versillè, S.
name: Hernández-Monteagudo, C.
name: Herranz, D.
name: Hildebrandt, S. R.
name: Hivon, E.
name: Hobson, M.
name: Holmes, W. A.
name: Hornstrup, A.
name: Hovest, W.
name: Hoyland, R. J.
name: Huffenberger, K. M.
name: Jaffe, A. H.
name: Jagemann, T.
name: Jones, W. C.
name: Juillet, J. J.
name: Juvela, M.
name: Kangaslahti, P.
name: Keihänen, E.
name: Keskitalo, R.
name: Kisner, T. S.
name: Kneissl, R.
name: Knox, L.
name: Krassenburg, M.
name: Kurki-Suonio, H.
name: Lagache, G.
name: Lähteenmäki, A.
name: Lamarre, J. -M.
name: Lange, A. E.
name: Lasenby, A.
name: Laureijs, R. J.
name: Lawrence, C. R.
name: Leach, S.
name: Leahy, J. P.
name: Leonardi, R.
name: Leroy, C.
name: Lilje, P. B.
name: Linden-Vørnle, M.
name: López-Caniego, M.
name: Lowe, S.
name: Lubin, P. M.
name: Macìas-Pèrez, J. F.
name: Maciaszek, T.
name: MacTavish, C. J.
name: Maffei, B.
name: Maino, D.
name: Mandolesi, N.
name: Mann, R.
name: Maris, M.
name: Martìnez-González, E.
name: Masi, S.
name: Massardi, M.
name: Matarrese, S.
name: Matthai, F.
name: Mazzotta, P.
name: McDonald, A.
name: McGehee, P.
name: Meinhold, P. R.
name: Melchiorri, A.
name: Melin, J. -B.
name: Mendes, L.
name: Mennella, A.
name: Mevi, C.
name: Miniscalco, R.
name: Mitra, S.
name: Miville-Deschínes, M. -A.
name: Moneti, A.
name: Montier, L.
name: Morgante, G.
name: Morisset, N.
name: Mortlock, D.
name: Munshi, D.
name: Murphy, A.
name: Naselsky, P.
name: Natoli, P.
name: Netterfield, C. B.
name: Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U.
name: Noviello, F.
name: Novikov, D.
name: Novikov, I.
name: O'Dwyer, I. J.
name: Ortiz, I.
name: Osborne, S.
name: Osuna, P.
name: Oxborrow, C. A.
name: Pajot, F.
name: Paladini, R.
name: Partridge, B.
name: Pasian, F.
name: Passvogel, T.
name: Patanchon, G.
name: Pearson, D.
name: Pearson, T. J.
name: Perdereau, O.
name: Perotto, L.
name: Perrotta, F.
name: Piacentini, F.
name: Piat, M.
name: Pierpaoli, E.
name: Plaszczynski, S.
name: Platania, P.
name: Pointecouteau, E.
name: Polenta, G.
name: Ponthieu, N.
name: Popa, L.
name: Poutanen, T.
name: Prèzeau, G.
name: Prunet, S.
name: Puget, J. -L.
name: Rachen, J. P.
name: Reach, W. T.
name: Rebolo, R.
name: Reinecke, M.
name: Reix, J. -M.
name: Renault, C.
name: Ricciardi, S.
name: Riller, T.
name: Ristorcelli, I.
name: Rocha, G.
name: Rosset, C.
name: Rowan-Robinson, M.
name: Rubiñ-Martìn, J. A.
name: Rusholme, B.
name: Salerno, E.
name: Sandri, M.
name: Santos, D.
name: Savini, G.
name: Schaefer, B. M.
name: Scott, D.
name: Seiffert, M. D.
name: Shellard, P.
name: Simonetto, A.
name: Smoot, G. F.
name: Sozzi, C.
name: Starck, J. -L.
name: Sternberg, J.
name: Stivoli, F.
name: Stolyarov, V.
name: Stompor, R.
name: Stringhetti, L.
name: Sudiwala, R.
name: Sunyaev, R.
name: Sygnet, J. -F.
name: Tapiador, D.
name: Tauber, J. A.
name: Tavagnacco, D.
name: Taylor, D.
name: Terenzi, L.
name: Texier, D.
name: Toffolatti, L.
name: Tomasi, M.
name: Torre, J. -P.
name: Tristram, M.
name: Tuovinen, J.
name: Türler, M.
name: Tuttlebee, M.
name: Umana, G.
name: Valenziano, L.
name: Valiviita, J.
name: Varis, J.
name: Vibert, L.
name: Vielva, P.
name: Villa, F.
name: Vittorio, N.
name: Wade, L. A.
name: Wandelt, B. D.
name: Watson, C.
name: White, S. D. M.
name: White, M.
name: Wilkinson, A.
name: Yvon, D.
name: Zacchei, A.
name: Zonca, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The European Space Agency's Planck satellite was launched on 14 May 2009, and has been surveying the sky stably and continuously since 13 August 2009. Its performance is well in line with expectations, and it will continue to gather scientific data until the end of its cryogenic lifetime. We give an overview of the history of Planck in its first year of operations, and describe some of the key performance aspects of the satellite. This paper is part of a package submitted in conjunction with Planck's Early Release Compact Source Catalogue, the first data product based on Planck to be released publicly. The package describes the scientific performance of the Planck payload, and presents results on a variety of astrophysical topics related to the sources included in the Catalogue, as well as selected topics on diffuse emission.
description: This is part of a package of Planck papers labelled in their titles as "Planck Early Results". The whole package can also be downloaded from http://www.rssd.esa.int/Planck. This paper was accepted by Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics on 31 May 2011