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LISA Pathfinder being encapsulated within the half-shells of the Vega rocket fairing on 16 November 2015, at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou, French Guiana.

LISA Pathfinder will test the fundamental technologies and instrumentation needed for future gravitational-wave observatories in space. LISA Pathfinder is currently scheduled for launch with Arianespace flight VV06 – the sixth launch of Europe's small Vega launcher – on 2 December at 04:15:00 UTC.

  • ESA–Manuel Pedoussaut, 2015
  • Space Science
  • LISA LISA Pathfinder
  • Kourou Kourou French Guiana Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) European Spaceport France
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LISA Pathfinder being installed on its payload launcher adapter
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LISA Pathfinder before being installed on its payload launcher adapter
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