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A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and Space Geodesy II. Monte Carlo Simulations and covariance analyses of the LARES 2 Experiment
Ignazio Ciufolini, Erricos C. Pavlis, Giampiero Sindoni +4
In the previous paper we have introduced the LARES 2 space experiment. The LARES 2 laser-ranged satellite is planned for a launch in 2019 with the new VEGA C launch vehicle of the…
A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: IV. Thermal drag and the LARES 2 space experiment
Ignazio Ciufolini, Richard A. Matzner, Justin C. Feng +6
In three previous papers we presented the LARES 2 space experiment aimed at a very accurate test of frame-dragging and at other tests of fundamental physics and measurements of spa…
A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: I. An introduction to the LARES2 space experiment
Ignazio Ciufolini, Antonio Paolozzi, Erricos C. Pavlis +8
We introduce the LARES 2 space experiment recently approved by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The LARES 2 satellite is planned for launch in 2019 with the new VEGA C launch vehicl…
An Improved Test of the General Relativistic Effect of Frame-Dragging Using the LARES and LAGEOS Satellites
Ignazio Ciufolini, Antonio Paolozzi, Erricos C. Pavlis +7
We report the improved test of frame-dragging, an intriguing phenomenon predicted by Einstein's General Relativity, obtained using 7 years of Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) data of…
"Reply to A comment on A test of general relativity using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites and a GRACE Earth gravity model, by I. Ciufolini et al."
Ciufolini, Ignazio, Erricos C. Pavlis +8
In 2016, we published "A test of general relativity using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites and a GRACE Earth gravity model. Measurement of Earth's dragging of inertial frames [1]",…
Satellite Laser-Ranging as a Probe of Fundamental Physics
Ignazio Ciufolini, Richard Matzner, Antonio Paolozzi +5
Satellite laser-ranging is successfully used in space geodesy, geodynamics and Earth sciences; and to test fundamental physics and specific features of General Relativity. We prese…