The microscope mission and its uncertainty analysis

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 455-474

  Touboul, Pierre ^a  

^a ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Electrostatic inertial sensors; Equivalence principle; MICROSCOPE space mission; Space accelerometers; Universality of free fall

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLES; FREE FALL; INERTIAL SENSOR; SPACE MISSIONS; UNIVERSALITY OF FREE FALL;

ACCELEROMETERS; DRAG; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTROSTATICS; GOLD COATINGS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MICROSCOPES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SILICA; SMART SENSORS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 75749127857     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-009-9565-y     Document Type: Article

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