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Application of DSN spacecraft tracking technology to experimental gravitationSpacecraft tracking technology of the Deep Space Net (DSN) has been used in the past to measure the general-relativistic increase in round-trip group delay between earth and a spacecraft. As the DSN technology continues to improve, other gravitational experiments will become possible. Two possibilities are discussed in this paper. The first concerns the application of solar-system dynamics to the testing of general relativity. The second involves the detection of VLF gravitational radiation (0.1 to 0.0001 Hz) by means of Doppler tracking of spacecraft.
Document ID
19780038673
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Anderson, J. D.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Estabrook, F. B.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1978
Subject Category
Space Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 78-132
Meeting Information
Meeting: Aerospace Sciences Meeting
Location: Huntsville, AL
Start Date: January 16, 1978
End Date: January 18, 1978
Sponsors: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Accession Number
78A22582
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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