Euclid's 'Twin' Arrives at ESA Mission Control

'Avionics Model' Allows Testing of Procedures and Software on the Ground

As ESA’s Euclid observatory begins to survey billions of galaxies on a quest to uncover the secrets of dark matter and dark energy from its vantage point nearly a million miles from Earth, a twin of the satellite has been delivered to ESA Mission Control to assist with the mission.

“The Euclid flight control team now has direct access to a fully function…