Herschel current status summary. Herschel has been flown across the Atlantic, it arrived in Cayenne on 12 February 2009. The launch campaign in the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou is progressing. On 27 March Herschel was moved from the S1B cleanroom to the S5 facility where hydrazine filling and superfluid helium production and top-up will take place. The launch will take place on 6 May 2009; see further below. Additional information can be found on the ESA Herschel Space Science and 'SciTech' websites, as well as under 'News' at Arianespace's website. [8 April 2009]