Gravity Probe-B: New Control System Technology in Space

D. B. DeBra; C. W. F. Everitt

AIAA/SPIE/OSA Technology for Space Astrophysics Conference: The Next 30 Years
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1982),
paper CB1846

Gravity Probe-B: New Control System Technology in Space

D. B. DeBra and C. W. F. Everitt

Conference on Technology for Space Astrophysics 1982

Danbury, Connecticut United States
4–6 October 1982
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D. B. DeBra and C. W. F. Everitt, "Gravity Probe-B: New Control System Technology in Space," in AIAA/SPIE/OSA Technology for Space Astrophysics Conference: The Next 30 Years, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1982), paper CB1846.

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Abstract

The Gravity Probe-B is a new test of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity based on observations of gyroscopes in orbit around the Earth. Cryogenic techniques allow the development of very precise and stable gyroscopes and star-tracking telescope, and new techniques are developed for attitude and translational control of the spacecraft. Current NASA planning is for a launch around 1990.

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