(Traduzione automatica) Costellazione eliocentrica di tre veicoli spaziali dotati di laser che formano un triangolo equilatero con una distanza laterale di 2,5 milioni di km. Il suo obiettivo è rilevare e studiare le onde gravitazionali.
E’ stato firmato il contratto tra ESA e il prime contractor della missione.
Da Universe Today:
The contract that was signed this month was between the European Space Agency (ESA), and OHB System AG, a space system development company based in Bremen, Germany that will serve as the prime contractor on the mission. It was signed on the sidelines of the International Paris Air Show, which took place last week.
[…] Other contracts that have already been awarded include one to the University of Florida to develop the instrument’s Charge Management system, which will ensure electrostatic charges don’t build up on the spacecraft as they are exposed to radiation and electromagnetic waves. Each spacecraft will also have a telescope, which NASA seems intent on awarding L3 Harris the contract for its development, and which will be responsible for sending and receiving the laser beams millions of kilometers. Two other sub-components that have already been awarded contracts are the laser itself and the constellation acquisition sensor (CAS).
“We are immensely proud that ESA and the scientific community entrust us to implement this groundbreaking science mission. Together with our partners we stand ready to bring LISA to life – pioneering our ability to ‘surf gravitational waves’ and enabling us to see our Universe in a new way,’ says Chiara Pedersoli, CEO of OHB System AG.
Scott Manley sulla costruzione di LISA.
Vagamente OT, ma si parla anche di LUSA: una intervista di Fraser Cain - Universe Today, a proposito di LISAmax.
In this interview, I’m talking with Waldemar Martens from ESA about a proposed LISAmax mission that will have 259 million kilometer arms and should be able to detect collisions of supermassive black holes.