CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- MicroSCOPE
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Full Name
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Micro-Satellite à traînée Compensée pour l'Observation du Principe d'Equivalence
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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CNES
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Launch Date
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25 Apr 2016
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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30 Oct 2018
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.18 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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710 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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06:00
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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The Microsatellite with Compensated Drag for Observing the Principle of Equivalence (MicroSCOPE) had the objective was to conduct a fundamental physics experiment, namely testing the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP), so as to probe Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The mission successfully tested the WEP to an accuracy of the order of 10^-14.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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