Gravity field information from Gravity Probe-B
Abstract
The Gravity Probe-B Mission will carry the Stanford Gyroscope relativity experiment into orbit in the mid 1990's, as well as a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver whose tracking data will be used to study the earth gravity field. Estimates of the likely quality of a gravity field model to be derived from the GPS data are presented, and the significance of this experiment to geodesy and geophysics are discussed.
- Publication:
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Progress in the Determination of the Earth's Gravity Field
- Pub Date:
- June 1989
- Bibcode:
- 1989pdeg.rept..159S
- Keywords:
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- Earth Gravitation;
- Error Analysis;
- Geopotential;
- Gravitational Fields;
- Gravity Probe B;
- Mapping;
- Mission Planning;
- Geodesy;
- Geophysics;
- Global Positioning System;
- Gyroscopes;
- Geophysics