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LISA Pathfinder

Overview

LISA Pathfinder is the second technology testing satellite for European Space Agency (ESA). In 2016 it successfully tested accurate test-mass position sensing in space, for ESA's future LISA mission to observe gravitational waves.

RAL Space involvement

RAL Space were involved in the development of SMART2, an ESA Mission which then became the ESA LISA Pathfinder mission.

Launch Date

December 2015

Mission End

June 2017

Focus

Astronomy

Partners

ESA, ESTEC, European Space Operations Centre, NASA, AEI, APC, IEEC and more.

An artist impression of LISA Pathfinder ESA–C.Carreau

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