LISA Pathfinder launch animation
Artists impression of the launch of LISA Pathfinder, ESAs technology demonstration mission that will pave the way for future gravitationalwave observatories in space. Scheduled to lift off on a Vega rocket from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana in late 2015, LISA Pathfinder will operate at the Lagrange point L1, 1. 5 million km from Earth towards the Sun. After launch, the spacecraft will take about eight weeks to reach its operational orbit around L1. The Vega rocket is designed to take small payloa
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