LISA Pathfinder in space
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Date: 24 November 2015
Satellite: LISA Pathfinder
Copyright: ESA–C.Carreau
Artist's impression of LISA Pathfinder, ESA's mission to test technology for future gravitational-wave observatories in space.
LISA Pathfinder operates from a vantage point in space about 1.5 million km from Earth towards the Sun, orbiting the first Sun–Earth Lagrangian point, L1.
Animated sequence of the journey: LISA Pathfinder's journey to L1.
Last Update: 1 September 2019