Drop tower microgravity improvement towards the nano-g level for the MICROSCOPE payload tests

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 539-549

  Selig, Hanns ^a   Dittus, Hansjörg ^b   Lämmerzahl, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Drop tower; Free flyer; Microgravity; MICROSCOPE; Weak eqiuvalence principle

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL ACCELEROMETERS; DROP TOWER; DROP TOWERS; FREE FALL; FREE FALL TESTS; FREE-FLYERS; G-CONDITION; HIGH PRECISION; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; RESIDUAL ACCELERATION; SPACE MISSIONS; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES; TEST CAMPAIGN; TEST PROGRAM; WEAK EQIUVALENCE PRINCIPLE; WEAK EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE;

ACCELEROMETERS; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; MICROSCOPES; TECHNOLOGY; TESTING; TOWERS;

DROPS;

EID: 77958000406     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-010-9210-0     Document Type: Article

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