@ESA_LPF

LISA Pathfinder is a European Space Agency mission to test the critical technologies required to observe low frequency gravitational waves from space.

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Joined July 2015
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#LAST COMMAND sent #LISAPathfinder now fully passivated & shut down on a heliocentric disposal orbit #Eom
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#LAST COMMAND AWAY #LISAPathfinder
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Ready to push the #redbutton #LisaPathfinder principle investigator Stefano Vitale, University of Trento, readying to send last command #eom
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Will go live in a few minutes from the Main Control Room at ESOC for #LISAPathfinder last command #EoM
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Readying to send #LastCommand to #LISAPathfinder - mission team, scientists, friends & family join to say farewell
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A bit more than hour to go. #LISAPathfinder #goodbyelpf @esa_lpf
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Update from the Main Control Room: A-chain of #LISAPathfinder's redundant on-board systems now OFF & craft is flying on its B-chain
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Talking to space! ESA's 35m deep-space station at Cebreros (Spain) now linked with #LISAPathfinder for the final pass #EOM
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We have #AOS! #LISAPathfinder controllers established contact with their craft for the last time just after 16:00CEST
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It's a bit of a sad day, but we're terminating this mission having achieved all goals - ESA Flight Director Andreas Rudolph #LISAPathfinder
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Farewell briefing with scientists, engineers and mission managers now underway at #ESOC #LISAPathfinder #eom
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#LISAPathfinder project scientist Paul McNamara gets ready for a media interview in our Main Control Room at #ESOC @ESA_LPF #eom
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No comm link scheduled w/ @ESA_LPF today. Monday, team to begin 'passivation' - to comply w/ #debris mitigation guidelines #LISApathfinder
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#LISAPathfinder: Bake, rattle & roll - the backstory on this week's rare in-flight hardware test campaign #eom esa.int/Our_Activities/Opera…
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Today's in-flight test is an automated release & capture of the test masses, finely controlled by electrostatics #LISAPathfinder
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4/ All will help understand how spacecraft components/materials affect gravity wave detectors in future #LISA mission #LISAPathfinder
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3/ Tests incl stationkeeping, measure solar array power, gyro spin-ups, magnetic noise measurements & lots more #LISAPathfinder
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2/ in-orbit hardware tests - these couldn't be done during routine mission as they'd interfere w/science operations #LISAPathfinder
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1/ With formal end of science on 30 June, #LISAPathfinder flight controllers using every minute of the mission's final days to conduct..
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Today: #LISAPathfinder thruster recalibration test will help optimise performance of new thrusters & give insight on spacecraft degradation
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