Relativity mission with two counter-orbiting polar satellites

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Jul 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975aiaa.confq....v&link_type=abstract

American Astronautical Society and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Nass

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Earth Orbits, Polar Orbits, Radio Tracking, Relativistic Effects, Satellite Drag, Two Body Problem, Error Analysis, Gravitational Effects, Gyroscopes, Long Term Effects, Satellite Orbits, Satellite Tracking, Time Functions

Scientific paper

In 1918, J. Lense and H. Thirring calculated that a moon in orbit around a massive rotating planet would experience a nodal dragging effect due to general relativity. We describe an experiment to measure this effect with two counter-orbiting drag-free satellites in polar earth orbit. For a 2 1/2 year experiment, the measurement accuracy should approach 1%. In addition to precision tracking data from existing ground stations, satellite-to-satellite Doppler ranging data are taken at points of passing near the poles. New geophysical information on both earth harmonics and tidal effects is inherent in the polar ranging data.

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