Interferometry in Space
Our research group plays a leading role in the development of the space-based gravitational-wave detector LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna). LISA technology also flies onboard the GRACE Follow-On mission, which observes climate change trough changes in the Earth's gravitational field. The research group also was a major player in the LISA Pathfinder mission, which successfully tested key technologies for LISA from 2015 until 2017.
LISA will be a mission of discovery – the first gravitational-wave observatory in space. It will gather entirely new information about the dark, invisible Universe and work hand in hand with other astronomical observatories in the 2030s.
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Satellite gravimetry measures the Earth's gravitational field from low Earth orbit with LISA technology to monitor critical indicators of climate change.
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LISA Pathfinder was the test mission of the European Space Agency ESA for LISA, the first gravitational-wave observatory in space. LISA Pathfinder successfully demonstrated central LISA technologies.
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by members of the “Space Interferometry” group
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IfoCAD is a software library for simulating precision laser interferometry.
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AEI developed engineering model of key instrument for ESA’s Next Generation Gravity Mission has been successfully tested
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The design, testing, and in‑orbit performance analysis of the GRACE Follow-On triple mirror assembly
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Current research – presented live by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Hannover and at Leibniz University Hannover
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