Test of Relativistic Gravitation with a Space-Borne Hydrogen Maser
Abstract
The results of a test of general relativity with use of a hydrogen-maser frequency standard in a spacecraft launched nearly vertically upward to 10 000 km are reported. The agreement of the observed relativistic frequency shift with prediction is at the 70×10-6 level.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- December 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.2081
- Bibcode:
- 1980PhRvL..45.2081V
- Keywords:
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- Gravitational Effects;
- Hydrogen Masers;
- Relativity;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Space Probes;
- Doppler Effect;
- Frequency Response;
- Telemetry;
- Trajectory Analysis;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation;
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