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This page records Vega | LISA Pathfinder and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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LISA Pathfinder will pave the way for future missions by testing in flight the very concept of gravitational wave detection: it will put two test masses in a near-perfect gravitational free-fall and control and measure their motion with unprecedented accuracy. LISA Pathfinder will use the latest technology to minimise the extra forces on the test masses, and to take measurements. The inertial sensors, the laser metrology system, the drag-free control system and an ultra-precise micro-propulsion system make this a highly unusual mission.
Published configuration and flight history.
Vega is the smallest lifter in the current Arianespace family.
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A single scheduled moment. The schedule may change before launch.
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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