MicroSCOPE

research satellite launched in 2016 which measured the universality of free fall
Vehicle research_satellite Q1931562
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MicroSCOPE

Summary

MicroSCOPE is a research satellite[1]. MicroSCOPE draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (research_satellite category, ranking #18 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • MicroSCOPE's field of work was equivalence principle[3].
  • MicroSCOPE is in the country of France[4].
  • MicroSCOPE's instance of is recorded as research satellite[5].
  • MicroSCOPE's instance of is recorded as minisatellite[6].
  • MicroSCOPE's operator is recorded as CNES[7].
  • MicroSCOPE's manufacturer is recorded as CNES[8].
  • MicroSCOPE's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2016-025B[9].
  • MicroSCOPE's Commons category is recorded as MICROSCOPE[10].
  • MicroSCOPE's space launch vehicle is recorded as Soyuz-2.1a[11].
  • MicroSCOPE's SCN is recorded as 41457[12].
  • MicroSCOPE's country of origin is recorded as France[13].
  • MicroSCOPE's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[14].
  • MicroSCOPE's type of orbit is recorded as Sun-synchronous orbit[15].
  • MicroSCOPE's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2016-04-25T00:00:00Z[16].
  • MicroSCOPE's spacecraft bus is recorded as Myriade[17].
  • MicroSCOPE's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[18].
  • MicroSCOPE's significant event is recorded as service entry[19].
  • MicroSCOPE's significant event is recorded as service retirement[20].
  • MicroSCOPE's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning[21].
  • MicroSCOPE's official website is recorded as https://cnes.fr/projets/microscope[22].
  • MicroSCOPE's space tug is recorded as Fregat-M[23].
  • MicroSCOPE's start point is recorded as Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz[24].
  • MicroSCOPE's different from is recorded as Microscope[25].
  • MicroSCOPE's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+303'}[26].
  • MicroSCOPE's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121zv3b0[27].

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Career and Affiliations

MicroSCOPE's field of work was equivalence principle[3].

Why It Matters

MicroSCOPE draws 11 Wikipedia views per month (research_satellite category, ranking #18 of 47).[2] MicroSCOPE has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] MicroSCOPE is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). MicroSCOPE. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/microscope
MLA “MicroSCOPE.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/microscope.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_microscope_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{MicroSCOPE}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/microscope}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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