Development of the Gravity Probe B flight mission

J. P. Turneaure; C. W.F. Everitt; B. W. Parkinson; D. Bardas; S. Buchman; D. B. DeBra; H. Dougherty; D. Gill; J. Grammer; G. B. Green; G. M. Gutt; D. H. Gwo; M. Heifetz; N. J. Kasdin; G. M. Keiser; J. A. Lipa; J. M. Lockhart; J. C. Mester; Barry Muhlfelder; R. Parmley; A. S. Silbergleit; M. T. Sullivan; M. A. Taber; R. A. Van Patten; R. Vassar; S. Wang; Y. M. Xiao; P. Zhou

doi:10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90351-6

Development of the Gravity Probe B flight mission

J. P. Turneaure
, C. W.F. Everitt
, B. W. Parkinson
, D. Bardas
, S. Buchman
, D. B. DeBra
, H. Dougherty
, D. Gill
, J. Grammer
, G. B. Green
, G. M. Gutt
, D. H. Gwo
, M. Heifetz
, N. J. Kasdin
, G. M. Keiser
, J. A. Lipa
, J. M. Lockhart
, J. C. Mester
, Barry Muhlfelder
, R. Parmley

A. S. Silbergleit, M. T. Sullivan, M. A. Taber, R. A. Van Patten, R. Vassar, S. Wang, Y. M. Xiao, P. Zhou

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Gravity Probe B is an experiment to measure the geodetic and frame-dragging precessions, relative to the "fixed" stars", of a gyroscope placed in a 650 km altitude polar orbit about the earth. For Einstein's general relativity, the precessions are calculated to be 6.6 arcsec/yr for the geodetic precession and 0.042 arcsec/yr for the frame-dragging precession. The goal of the experiment is to measure these precessions to better than 0.01% and 1%, respectively. This paper gives an overview of the experiment and a discussion of the flight hardware development and its status. This paper also includes an estimate of the geodetic and frame-dragging errors expected for the experiment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1387-1396
Number of pages	10
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	32
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90351-6
State	Published - 2003

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Aerospace Engineering
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Geophysics
Atmospheric Science
Space and Planetary Science
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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Turneaure, J. P., Everitt, C. W. F., Parkinson, B. W., Bardas, D., Buchman, S., DeBra, D. B., Dougherty, H., Gill, D., Grammer, J., Green, G. B., Gutt, G. M., Gwo, D. H., Heifetz, M., Kasdin, N. J., Keiser, G. M., Lipa, J. A., Lockhart, J. M., Mester, J. C., Muhlfelder, B., ... Zhou, P. (2003). Development of the Gravity Probe B flight mission. Advances in Space Research, 32(7), 1387-1396. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90351-6

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