Earth orbit
LISA Pathfinder
LISA Pathfinder is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the ESA Plan program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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LISA Pathfinder is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the ESA Plan program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2015-070; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 3 December 2015, 04:04:01 UTC
- Launch location
- Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise
- Launch vehicle
- Vega
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (equatorial)
Launch intelligence
An Arianespace Vega rocket launched the LISA Pathfinder mission on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 4:04 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Arianespace
- Vehicle
- Vega
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2015-070
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Dec 3, 2015, 04:04 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Dec 03 2015
- Pad and location
- ELV, Guiana Space Centre
Launch media
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 18 July 2017
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
LISA Pathfinder
GCAT program: ESA Plan.
- GCAT ID
- S41043
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defense and Space (UK)
- Launch mass
- 486 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 2.3 m diameter · 2.3 m span
Gallery
One image from LISA Pathfinder.
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