A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: I. An introduction to the LARES2 space experiment

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dc.contributor.authorCiufolini, Ignazio
dc.contributor.authorPaolozzi, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorPavlis, Erricos C.
dc.contributor.authorSindoni, Giampiero
dc.contributor.authorKoenig, Rolf
dc.contributor.authorRies, John C.
dc.contributor.authorMatzner, Richard
dc.contributor.authorGurzadyan, Vahe
dc.contributor.authorPenrose, Roger
dc.contributor.authorRubincam, David
dc.contributor.authorParis, Claudio
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-08T17:09:40Z
dc.date.available2020-10-08T17:09:40Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-04
dc.description.abstractWe introduce the LARES 2 space experiment recently approved by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The LARES 2 satellite is planned for launch in 2019 with the new VEGA C launch vehicle of ASI, ESA and ELV. The orbital analysis of LARES 2 experiment will be carried out by our international science team of experts in General Relativity, theoretical physics, space geodesy and aerospace engineering. The main objectives of the LARES 2 experiment are gravitational and fundamental physics, including accurate measurements of General Relativity, in particular a test of frame-dragging aimed at achieving an accuracy of a few parts in a thousand, i.e., aimed at improving by about an order of magnitude the present state-of-the-art and forthcoming tests of this general relativistic phenomenon. LARES 2 will also achieve determinations in space geodesy. LARES 2 is an improved version of the LAGEOS 3 experiment, proposed in 1984 to measure frame-dragging and analyzed in 1989 by a joint ASI and NASA study.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe gratefully acknowledge the Italian Space Agenxy for the support of the LARES and LARES 2 space missions under agreements No. 2017-23-H.0 and No. 2015-021-R.O. We are also grateful to the International Ranging Service, ESA, AVIO and ELV. ECP acknowledges the support of NASA Grants NNX09AU86G and NNX14AN50G. RM acknowledges NASA Grant NNX09AU86G and NSF Grant PHY-1620610 and JCR the support of NASA Contract NNG17V105C.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11635-1en_US
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2vmhh-ginx
dc.identifier.citationCiufolini, I., Paolozzi, A., Pavlis, E.C. et al. A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: I. An introduction to the LARES2 space experiment. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 132, 336 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11635-1en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/19771
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dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
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dc.titleA new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: I. An introduction to the LARES2 space experimenten_US
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