ASTROD and ASTROD I: Progress report

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Contributors

  • Wei Tou Ni - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS - National Astronomical Observatories, National Tsing Hua University (Author)
  • Henrique Araújo - , Imperial College London (Author)
  • Gang Bao - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory (Author)
  • Hansjörg Dittus - , University of Bremen (Author)
  • Tianyi Huang - , Nanjing University (Author)
  • Sergei Klioner - , Research Group for Astronomy, Lohrmann Observatory, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Sergei Kopeikin - , University of Missouri (Author)
  • George Krasinsky - , Russian Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Claus Lämmerzahl - , University of Bremen (Author)
  • Guangyu Li - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS - National Astronomical Observatories (Author)
  • Hongying Li - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory (Author)
  • Lei Liu - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory (Author)
  • Yu Xin Nie - , CAS - Institute of Physics (Author)
  • Antonio Pulido Patón - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory (Author)
  • Achim Peters - , Humboldt University of Berlin (Author)
  • Elena Pitjeva - , Russian Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Albrecht Rüdiger - , Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) (Author)
  • Étienne Samain - , Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur (Author)
  • Diana Shaul - , Imperial College London (Author)
  • Stephan Schiller - , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Author)
  • Jianchun Shi - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory (Author)
  • Sachie Shiomi - , National Tsing Hua University (Author)
  • M. H. Soffel - , Research Group for Astronomy, Lohrmann Observatory, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Timothy Sumner - , Imperial College London (Author)
  • Stephan Theil - , University of Bremen (Author)
  • Pierre Touboul - , Office national d'études et de recherches aérospatiales (Author)
  • Patrick Vrancken - , Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur (Author)
  • Feng Wang - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory (Author)
  • Haitao Wang - , Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Author)
  • Zhiyi Wei - , CAS - Institute of Physics (Author)
  • Andreas Wicht - , Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Author)
  • Xue Jun Wu - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing Normal University (Author)
  • Yan Xia - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory (Author)
  • Yaoheng Xiong - , Yunnan Observatories (Author)
  • Chongming Xu - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing Normal University (Author)
  • Jun Yan - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS - National Astronomical Observatories (Author)
  • Hsien Chi Yeh - , Nanyang Technological University (Author)
  • Yuan Zhong Zhang - , CAS - Institute of Theoretical Physics (Author)
  • Cheng Zhao - , CAS - Purple Mountain Observatory (Author)
  • Ze Bing Zhou - , Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Author)

Abstract

Over the next decade the gravitational physics community will benefit from dramatic improvements in many technologies critical to the tests of gravity and gravitational-wave detection. The highly accurate deep space navigation, interplanetary laser ranging and communication, interferometry and metrology, high precision frequency standards, precise pointing and attitude control, together with the drag-free technologies will revolutionize the field of the experimental gravitational physics. Deep-space laser ranging will be ideal for gravitational-wave detection, and testing relativity and measuring solar-system parameter to an unprecedented accuracy. ASTROD I is such a mission with single spacecraft; it is the first step of ASTROD (Astrodynamical Space Test of Relativity using Optical Devices) with 3 spacecraft. In this paper, we will present the progress of ASTROD and ASTROD I with emphases on the acceleration noises, mission requirement, charging simulation, drag-free control and low-frequency gravitational-wave sensitivity.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)154-160
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume32
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 2 Mar 2006
Peer-reviewedYes

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ORCID /0000-0003-4682-7831/work/168206702

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