Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
LISA Pathfinder
LISA Pathfinder, formerly Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology-2 (SMART-2), was an ESA spacecraft. The mission tested technologies needed for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), an ESA gravitational wave observatory planned to be launched in 2034. The scientific phase started on 8 March 2016 and lasted almost sixteen months. In April 2016 ESA announced that LISA Pathfinder demonstrated that the LISA mission is feasible.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,910.0 kg
Sun–Earth L1
Location
ELV, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France
Stats
2015
74th orbital launch attempt
Arianespace
232nd mission
11th mission of 2015
224th successful mission
15th consecutive successful mission
Vega
6th mission
3rd mission of 2015
6th successful mission