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| LAUNCH DATE: |
2012
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| MISSION END: | The operational phase will last about 12 months |
| LAUNCH VEHICLE: | Vega launcher |
| LAUNCH MASS: | 1900 kg |
| MISSION PHASE: |
Implementation |
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Operational orbit is a Halo orbit around the first Earth-Sun Lagrange point (L1) after a transfer trajectory from a low Earth parking orbit |
LISA Pathfinder is to demonstrate the key technologies to be used in the future LISA mission |
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LISA Pathfinder will pave the way for the LISA mission by testing in flight the very concept of the gravitational wave detection: it will put two test masses in a near-perfect gravitational free-fall and control and measure their motion with unprecedented accuracy. This is achieved through state-of-the-art technology comprising the inertial sensors, the laser metrology system, the drag-free control system and an ultra-precise micro-propulsion system. |
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