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The Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission was successfully launched on April 20, 2004 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a culmination of 40 years of collaborative development at Stanford University and NASA. The goal of the GP-B experiment is to perform precision tests of two independent predictions of general relativity, the geodetic effect and frame dragging. On-orbit cryogenic operations lasted 17.3 months, exceeding requirements. Analysis of the science data is now in progress with a planned announcement of results scheduled for December 2007.
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Mester, J., the GP-B Collaboration. (2007). Testing Einstein in Space: The Gravity Probe B Relativity Mission. In: Gravitation and Experiment. Progress in Mathematical Physics, vol 52. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8524-8_4
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