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Possible Experiment with Two Counter-Orbiting Drag-Free Satellites to Obtain a New Test of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Improved Measurements in Geodesy
This work was partially supported under National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant No. NGR 05-020-019 through the Marshall Space Flight Center and National Aeronautics and Space Administration Contract No. 5–21960 through the Goddard Space Flight Center.
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812564818_0040Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
Abstract:
In 1918, Lense and Thirring calculated that a moon orbiting a rotating planet would experience a nodal dragging effect due to general relativity. We describe an experiment to measure this effect to 1% with two counter-orbiting drag-free satellites in polar earth orbit. In addition to tracking data from existing ground stations, satellite-to-satellite Doppler ranging data are taken near the poles. New geophysical information is inherent in the polar data.
