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In-orbit performance of the LISA Pathfinder drag-free and attitude control system
Grzymisch, J.; Brandt, N.; Schleicher, A. +5 more
LISA Pathfinder is a technology demonstrator mission that was funded by the European Space Agency and that was launched on December 3, 2015. LISA Pathfinder has been conducting experiments to demonstrate key technologies for the gravitational wave observatory LISA in its operational orbit at the L1 Lagrange point of the Earth-Sun system until fina…
Calibration OGSEs for multichannel radiometers for Mars atmosphere studies
Jiménez, J. J.; J Álvarez, F.; Gonzalez-Guerrero, M. +5 more
This work describes several Optical Ground Support Equipment (OGSEs) developed by INTA (Spanish Institute of Aerospace Technology—Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial) for the calibration and characterization of their self-manufactured multichannel radiometers (solar irradiance sensors—SIS) developed for working on the surface of Mars and st…
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…