LISA mission passes review successfully and begins next stage of development
22 January, 2018
LISA has passed its Mission Definition Review with flying colours
January 22, 2018
Before an ESA mission reaches the launch pad, it has to go through a number of approval procedures that ensure the mission´s readiness. The future space-based gravitational wave observatory, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), has recently passed its Mission Definition Review (MDR) with flying colours.
The MDR's goal is to review and confirm that
- LISA's present mission design is feasible and suitable,
- the mission requirements meet LISA´s science requirements,
- the requirements are mature and adequate to the current phase,
- the technology developments are adequate to the current phase, and
- the interfaces between spacecraft, payload ground segment and launcher are well defined.
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