This animation from AEI-Hannover shows the design and operating mode of LISA.
You will see the launch of three spacecraft with a Delta rocket, separation, orbit deployment,
initiation of the laser beams as well as some detailed views inside the LISA satellites.
Animations of the LISA spacecraft in orbit around the Sun
Credit: W. Folkner (JPL)
Credit: W. Folkner (JPL)
Credit: Mike Sandford (RAL)
Credit: Mike Sandford (RAL)
High resolution versions of movies 3 and 4 are available from
Mike Sandford.
LISA spacecraft orbiting the Earth, showing separation from the propulsion unit
Credit: Mike Sandford (RAL)
Animation of LISA and a passing gravitational wave
Credit: W. Folkner (JPL)
Gravitational waves
Credit: W. Folkner (JPL)
Credit: W. Folkner (JPL)
Field lines from a stationary, moving and accelerated source
Stationary
Moving
Accelerated
Credit: T. Creighton
Linear and circular gravitational wave polarization
Linear
Circular
Credit: T. Creighton
Three nearly co-located test particles orbiting a Kerr black hole