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MICROSCOPE mission: drag-free and attitude control system expertise activities toward the scientific team

Robert, Alain; Guidotti, Pierre-Yves; Prieur, Pascal +2 more

Microscope is a CNES-ESA-ONERA-CNRS-OCA-DLR-ZARM mission dedicated to the test of the Equivalence Principle with an improved accuracy of 10^-15. The 300 kg drag-free microsatellite was launched on April 25th 2016 into a 710 km dawndusk sun-synchronous orbit for a 2-year mission. To comply with stringent requirements, the drag-free and at…