gradiometer

• The sophisticated gradiometer will feel the subtle variations in Earth's tug as it sweeps around the globe. —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
• "The big news today is that the gradiometer is fully working; all its accelerometers have survived the launch and they are producing meaningful data," he told BBC News. —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
• This exquisite measurement capability meant some very fragile mechanisms had to be built into the gradiometer, and developing these delicate technologies so they could also survive the intense shaking experienced at launch proved to be one of the major design challenges of the mission. —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
• Monday's switch-on will be seen as vindication of the extraordinary engineering work on the gradiometer and its accelerometers, led by the Thales Alenia Space and Onera companies —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
• The buffeting from air molecules would ordinarily upset Goce's gradiometer instrument, so the British engine is designed to throttle up and down to counteract this disturbance and leave a clean signal. —  BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition

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