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MicroSCOPE (Micro-Satellite à traînée Compensée pour l'Observation du Principe d'Equivalence) is an approved CNES/ESA gravity-research minisatellite mission, The objective is to conduct a fundamental physics experiment, namely to test the general theory of relativity. This concept is also known as the WEP (Weak Equivalence Principle) test.