Results
Planck started its First All-Sky Survey on 13 August 2009. In September 2009, the European Space Agency announced the preliminary results from the Planck First Light Survey (performed to demonstrate the stability of the instruments and the ability to calibrate them over long periods). The results indicated that the data quality is excellent.
On 15 January 2010 the mission was extended by 12 months, with observation continuing until at least the end of 2011. After the successful conclusion of the First Survey, the spacecraft started its Second All Sky Survey on 14 February 2010, with more than 95% of the sky observed already and 100% sky coverage being expected by mid-June 2010.
Some planned pointing list data from 2009 have been released publicly, along with a video visualization of the surveyed sky.
On 17 March 2010 the first Planck photos were published, showing dust concentration within 500 light years from the Sun.
On 5 July 2010, the Planck mission delivered its first all-sky image.
The first public scientific result of Planck is the Early-Release Compact-Source Catalogue, released in January 2011 during a conference in Paris. The first sky maps and cosmology results are expected to be delivered to the worldwide community in the first quarter 2013.
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