A mission to test the Pioneer anomaly: estimating the main systematic effects

Abstract

We estimate the main systematic effects relevant in a mission to test and characterize the Pioneer anomaly through the flight formation concept, by launching probing spheres from a mother spacecraft and tracking their motion via laser ranging.

arXiv comment9 pages, 1 table, 2 figures; based on a talk presented by one of us (O.B.) at the 2nd. Pioneer Anomaly Group Meeting at the International Space Science Institute, 19-23 February 2007

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