Its Ganymede orbiter must compete with an X-ray telescope and the gravitational
wave detector LISA for approval through the agency's Cosmic Vision programme.
In addition, the space - based gravity -
wave detector LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) will be launched sometime around 2012.
Not exact matches
The European Space Agency's
LISA Pathfinder mission will primarily test gravitational -
wave detectors, but from next year it could also confirm whether gravity is all general relativity says it is.
On December 3 from a launchpad in French Guiana, the European Space Agency successfully launched the
LISA Pathfinder mission, a satellite that will test technologies needed for a future space - based gravitational
wave detector.
In anticipation of eLISA, ESA recently launched the
LISA Pathfinder, a mission to test technologies needed for the full - fledged space - based gravitational
wave detector.