Project SEE (Satellite Energy Exchange): Proposal for space-based gravitational measurements

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 514-524

  Sanders, A J ^a   Alexeev, A D ^b   Allison, S W ^f   Bronnikov, K A ^b   Campbell, J W ^c   Cates, M R ^f   Corcovilos, T A ^a   Earl, D D ^a   Gadfort, T ^a   Gillies, G T ^d   Harris, M J ^a   Kolosnitsyn, N I ^b   Konstantinov, M Yu ^b   Melnikov, V N ^b   Newby, R J ^a   Schunk, R G ^c   Smalley, L L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Russian Gravitational Society   (Russian Federation)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Cavendish; Equivalence principle; Gravitational constant; Gravity; Inverse square law

Indexed keywords

SATELLITES;

SPACE-BASED GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 0032670898     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/10/6/317     Document Type: Article

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