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LAGEOS-type Satellites in Critical Supplementary Orbit Configuration and the Lense-Thirring Effect Detection

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-11-12 v3 Astrophysics Space Physics

Abstract

In this paper we analyze quantitatively the concept of LAGEOS--type satellites in critical supplementary orbit configuration (CSOC) which has proven capable of yielding various observables for many tests of General Relativity in the terrestrial gravitational field, with particular emphasis on the measurement of the Lense--Thirring effect.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0209027,
  title  = {LAGEOS-type Satellites in Critical Supplementary Orbit Configuration and the Lense-Thirring Effect Detection},
  author = {Lorenzo Iorio and David M. Lucchesi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0209027},
  year   = {2007}
}

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LaTex2e, 20 pages, 7 Tables, 6 Figures. Changes in Introduction, Conclusions, reference added, accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity