LISA Pathfinder
LISA Pathfinder was the ESA-led technology-demonstration mission to prove the free-fall, interferometry, and drag-free-control technologies required for a future space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
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- LISA Pathfinder missionLPFSMART-2
- Name
- LISA Pathfinder
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- LISA Pathfinder was the ESA-led technology-demonstration mission to prove the free-fall, interferometry, and drag-free-control technologies required for a future space-based gravitational-wave observatory.
- Destination
- Sun-Earth L1
- End Date
- 2017-06-30
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- The mission demonstrated the required free-fall and precision-metrology performance at Sun-Earth L1, exceeding its target precision before science operations ended on 30 June 2017.
- Start Date
- 2015-12-03
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- Creation Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:40:28 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 22:40:28 UTC
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