The Microscope Mission and Pre-Flight Performance Verification

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Apr 2006

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ASTROPARTICLE, PARTICLE AND SPACE PHYSICS, DETECTORS AND MEDICAL PHYSICS APPLICATIONS . Proceedings of the 9th Conference . Held

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Recent developments in fundamental physics have renewed interest in disproving the equivalence principle. The MICROSCOPE mission will be the first test to capitalize on the advantages of space to achieve an accuracy of 10-15, more than two orders of magnitude better than current ground based results. It is a joint CNES, ONERA, and Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur mission in the CNES Myriade microsatellite program. The principle of the test is to place two masses of different material on precisely the same orbit and measure any difference in the forces required to maintain the common orbit. The test is performed by a differential electrostatic accelerometer containing two concentric cylindrical test masses. This paper will present both an overview of the mission, and a description of the accelerometer development and performance verification.

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