no code implementations • 22 Feb 2021 • Ratana Chhun, Emilie Hardy, Manuel Rodrigues, Pierre Touboul, Gilles Métris, Damien Boulanger, Bruno Christophe, Pascale Danto, Bernard Foulon, Pierre-Yves Guidotti, Phuong-Anh Huynh, Vincent Lebat, Françoise Liorzou, Alain Robert
Since the MICROSCOPE instrument aims to measure accelerations as low as a few 10$^{-15}$\, m\, s$^{-2}$ and cannot operate on ground, it was obvious to have a large time dedicated to its characterization in flight.
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Instrumentation and Detectors
no code implementations • 11 Dec 2020 • Joel Bergé, Quentin Baghi, Alain Robert, Manuel Rodrigues, Bernard Foulon, Emilie Hardy, Gilles Métris, Sandrine Pires, Pierre Touboul
In this paper, we characterise their shape and time distribution.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Space Physics
no code implementations • 11 Dec 2020 • Joel Bergé, Quentin Baghi, Emilie Hardy, Gilles Métris, Alain Robert, Manuel Rodrigues, Pierre Touboul, Ratana Chhun, Pierre-Yves Guidotti, Sandrine Pires, Serge Reynaud, Laura Serron, Jean-Michel Travert
After performing highly sensitive acceleration measurements during two years of drag-free flight around the Earth, MICROSCOPE provided the best constraint on the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) to date.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
no code implementations • 11 Dec 2020 • Alain Robert, Valerio Cipolla, Pascal Prieur, Pierre Touboul, Gilles Métris, Manuel Rodrigues, Yves André, Joel Bergé, Damien Boulanger, Ratana Chhun, Bruno Christophe, Pierre-Yves Guidotti, Emilie Hardy, Vincent Lebat, Thomas Lienart, Françoise Liorzou, Benjamin Pouilloux
This paper focus on the description of the design and performance of the MICROSCOPE satellite and its Drag-Free and Attitude Control System (DFACS).
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Space Physics
no code implementations • 11 Dec 2020 • Pierre Touboul, Manuel Rodrigues, Gilles Métris, Ratana Chhun, Alain Robert, Quentin Baghi, Emilie Hardy, Joel Bergé, Damien Boulanger, Bruno Christophe, Valerio Cipolla, Bernard Foulon, Pierre-Yves Guidotti, Phuong-Anh Huynh, Vincent Lebat, Françoise Liorzou, Benjamin Pouilloux, Pascal Prieur, Serge Reynaud
The MICROSCOPE mission aimed to test the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) to a precision of $10^{-15}$.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
