Abstract (EN):
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.
Language:
English
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific
Contact:
orfeu@cosmos.ist.utl.pt; x_jorge@fisica.ist.utl.pt
No. of pages:
13