Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)

Delta II | Gravity Probe B

Success US Air Force, Delta II 7920-10C

Mission

Astrophysics · LEO

Gravity Probe B (GP-B) was a satellite-based experiment to test two unverified predictions of general relativity: the geodetic effect and frame-dragging. This was to be accomplished by measuring, very precisely, tiny changes in the direction of spin of four gyroscopes contained in an Earth-orbiting…

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