Monday, December 25, 2017

LISA Pathfinder

 2015-070A


ESA/Airbus ST-7/SMART-2, a single spacecraft with separate NASA (ST7) and ESA (SMART-2) payloads as a LISA/DARWIN technology demonstrator. One satellite which will carry the LTP (Lisa Technology Package) and the DRS (NASA Disturbance Reduction System) in a 1.0m high 2.3m dia octagonal box. A liquid propulsion module will take it from LEO to L1. Launch by Vega.


LISA Pathfinder 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2015 Dec 3  0404:01  Launch by Vega  
  T+1:53 St 1 sep 
  T+1:54 St 2 on 
  T+3:37 St 2 sep 
  T+3:49 St 3 ig 
  T+4:19 Fairing 
  Stage 3 burnout  
  T+6:30 St 3 sep 
  T+7:29 St 4 MES-1 
 0420 T+16:23 MECO-1 428 km 7.30km/s  208 x 1166 x 6.0  
 0454:07  T+50:46 Apogee 1165km 6.48 km/s  
 0545 T+1:41:19 MES-2 
 0546 T+1:42:53 MECO-2 215 km 
 0549 T+1:45:33 LP sep  200 x 1540 x 6.5 
 0559 T+1:55:10 AVUM MES-3 7s burn 
  T+1:55:17 AVUM MECO-3 
  PM burns 
 0330:00 Test burn  207 x 1567  
 0332:55  End burn, 8.88m/s 
2015 Dec 7 0501:36  ARM-1 28m  123.65 293 x 3394 x 6.0 
 0530:00  ARM-1 end, 393.2m/s 
 1720:50  ARM-2 33m 440 x 7091  
 1754:42  ARM-2 end, 552.3 m/s 
2015 Dec 8  0730:47  ARM-3 20m  557 x 14137  
 0801:50  ARM-3 end, 603.1 m/s 
 2105:52  ARM-4 34m 806 m/s  733 x 43641  
 2138:58  ARM-4 end, 806.7m/s 
2015 Dec 10  0033:31  ARM-5 15m  748 x 124805  
 0048:19  ARM-5 end 398.2m/s 
 0500:00 RCS TCM test burn 
 0500:26 TCM test end, 0.30m/s 
2015 Dec 12  0518:23 Insertion (ARM-6) 9m  250m/s L1 transfer traj 
 0527:00 Insertion end, 233.9m/s 
 1832  Pass EL1:4 
2015 Dec 23  0200:00  TCM-2 
 0203:49  TCM-2 end, 2.87m/s 
2016 Jan 3  0000? Enter L1 region (GSEx past 1.2Mkm) 
2016 Jan 20   TCM 64s, L1 arrival 
   500000 x 800000 around L1 
2016 Jan 22  1130  PRM sep 
2016 Feb 15   1st Test mass released 
2016 Feb 16   2nd Test mass released 
2016 Mar 10  1010  PRM GSEx below 1.2Mkm 
2016 Jul 5  1306  PRM perigee 23300 km  16950 x 1240000 x 39.8 
2017 Mar 18   DRS operation 
2017 Apr 9  1200 Departure burn, 1 m/s towards solar orbit 
2017 Apr 29   DRS operations end 
2017 Jun 30   end of ops 
2017 Jul 18  1757 Decomissioned

Payload:

  • LTP LISA Technology Package, Prototype LISA optical bench with two gravity sensors 30cm apart, and proof mass sensing (ESA/) - test masses Jake and Elwood

  • DRS Disturbance Reduction System (ST7), two gravity sensors, drag free control, and laser interferometry.

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