MICROSCOPE satellite mission

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equivalence principle test physics experiment satellite mission space experiment

The MICROSCOPE satellite mission was a French-led space experiment designed to test the validity of Einstein’s equivalence principle with unprecedented precision by comparing the free fall of different materials in orbit.

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Label Occurrences
MICROSCOPE mission 3
MICROSCOPE satellite mission canonical 2
French MICROSCOPE space mission 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf equivalence principle test ⓘ
physics experiment ⓘ
satellite mission ⓘ
space experiment ⓘ
achievedPrecision equivalence principle tested to about 10^-15 ⓘ
acronymFor MICROSCOPE satellite mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MICRO-Satellite à traînée Compensée pour l’Observation du Principe d’Équivalence
collaboratingInstitution Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ⓘ
surface form: CNRS

European Space Agency ⓘ
surface form: ESA

OCA ⓘ
ONERA ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dataRelease final results published 2022 ⓘ
dragCompensation active ⓘ
fullName MICROSCOPE satellite mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
fundingAgency CNES ⓘ
French Ministry of Higher Education and Research ⓘ
improvedConstraint tightened limits on violation of weak equivalence principle ⓘ
instrument differential electrostatic accelerometers ⓘ
launchDate 2016-04-25 ⓘ
launchLocation Kourou ⓘ
surface form: Kourou, French Guiana
launchSite Guiana Space Centre ⓘ
launchVehicle Soyuz rocket ⓘ
surface form: Soyuz ST-A
leadAgency CNES ⓘ
mass approximately 300 kg ⓘ
measurementType differential acceleration between test masses ⓘ
missionEnd 2023 ⓘ
missionStatus completed ⓘ
operator CNES ⓘ
orbitAltitude about 710 km ⓘ
orbitInclination about 98 degrees ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
payload T-SAGE instrument ⓘ
primaryObjective test Einstein’s weak equivalence principle ⓘ
publicationVenue Classical and Quantum Gravity ⓘ
Physical Review Letters ⓘ
relatedConcept Eötvös experiment ⓘ
relatedMission STEP (Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle) ⓘ
relatedTheory metric theories of gravity ⓘ
result no violation of equivalence principle detected within experimental accuracy ⓘ
scientificDiscipline fundamental physics ⓘ
gravitation ⓘ
scientificGoal compare free fall of different materials in orbit ⓘ
spacecraftBus Myriade platform ⓘ
testMassMaterial platinum-rhodium alloy ⓘ
titanium alloy ⓘ
testsConcept equivalence of inertial and gravitational mass ⓘ
testsTheory general relativity ⓘ
usesTechnology drag-free control system ⓘ

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equivalence principle → testedBy → MICROSCOPE satellite mission ⓘ
MICROSCOPE satellite mission → fullName → MICROSCOPE satellite mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: MICROSCOPE
MICROSCOPE satellite mission → acronymFor → MICROSCOPE satellite mission self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: MICROSCOPE
this entity surface form: MICRO-Satellite à traînée Compensée pour l’Observation du Principe d’Équivalence
OCA → participatedIn → MICROSCOPE satellite mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: MICROSCOPE mission
OCA → collaboratesOn → MICROSCOPE satellite mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: MICROSCOPE mission
OCA → notableProject → MICROSCOPE satellite mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: MICROSCOPE space mission
T-SAGE instrument → partOf → MICROSCOPE satellite mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: MICROSCOPE mission
T-SAGE instrument → aboard → MICROSCOPE satellite mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: MICROSCOPE satellite
T-SAGE instrument → mountedOn → MICROSCOPE satellite mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: MICROSCOPE satellite drag-free platform
T-SAGE instrument → developedFor → MICROSCOPE satellite mission ⓘ
this entity surface form: French MICROSCOPE space mission