Modelling and simulation of the space mission MICROSCOPE |
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Authors: | Stefanie Bremer Meike List Hanns Selig Hans Rath Hansjörg Dittus |
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Institution: | 1. ZARM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany;2. DLR German Aerospace Center, Bremen, Germany;1. Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3121, Australia;2. CSIRO Land and Water, GPO Box 1666, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia;1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey;2. IMSE, CSIC and University of Sevilla, Spain |
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Abstract: | MICROSCOPE is a French space mission for testing the weak equivalence principle (WEP). The mission goal is the determination of the Eötvös parameter with an accuracy of 10?15. The French space agency CNES is responsible for the satellite which is developed and produced within the Myriade series. The satellite's payload T-SAGE (Twin Space Accelerometer for Gravitation Experimentation) is developed and built by the French institute ONERA. It consists of two high-precision capacitive differential accelerometers. One accelerometer is used as reference sensor with two test masses of platinum, the science sensor contains a platinum and a titanium proof mass. The detection of the test mass movement and their control is done via a complex electrode system. As a member of the MICROSCOPE performance team, the German department ZARM will be involved in the data analysis of the MICROSCOPE mission. For this purpose, mission simulations and the preparation of the mission data evaluation in close cooperation with the French partners CNES, ONERA and OCA are realised. The development status of the simulation tool which will represent the complex spacecraft dynamics and all error sources in order to design and test data reduction procedures is presented and some features are discussed in detail. |
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