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Gaia spacecraft on the scale for total mass measurement


Date: 04 April 2013
Satellite: Gaia
Location: Intespace, Toulouse, France
Copyright: ESA - S. Corvaja

The Gaia Flight Model spacecraft on the scale for total mass measurement during the mass properties measurement campaign at the facilities of Intespace in Toulouse, France.

The interface for the equipment used to measure the position of the spacecraft centre of gravity on Y- and Z-axes (both horizontal in this configuration) can be seen in the foreground.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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