Two radio-science instruments have included into the Luna-Glob and Luna-Resource projects in the frame of Russian Luna exploration program: the lander's radio beacon and the orbiter's receiver. Three types of experiments are planned: orbital doppler measurements, VLBI interferometry, and Same Beam Interferometry (SBI). An accuracy of acceleration measurements in the Lander-Orbiter experiment coud be about 3-10 mGal. VLBI and SBI measurements of relative landers distancies with accuracy better than millimeters should give a tool for a accuracy improvement in the following scientific tasks: precise determination of orbital and rotational movement of the Earth and the Moon, determination of mass distribution and internal movements in the Moon's interior, check of general relativity effects.
@article{arxiv.1512.04682,
title = {The Objectives of the Radioscience Experiment in Luna-Resource and Luna-Glob Space Projects},
author = {V. D. Gromov and A. S. Kosov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.04682},
year = {2015}
}
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2 pages. "The Sixth Moscow Solar System Symposium 6M-S3" (Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia, October 5-9, 2015), CD-ROM and book of abstracts, pp.43-44 (6MS3-MN-20)