"GALILEO GALILEI" (GG)
A Small Satellite to Test the Equivalence Principle of Galileo, Newton and
Einstein
Submitted to ESA for the F2&F3
Competition
January 31, 2000
Proposal ready to download and
print:
(1 MB) gg.pdf
(1.3 MB , Word97, better quality figures) gg.doc
The International Team of Proposing Scientists
Executive Summary
1. Background, Scientific and
Technological Goals
1.1 The Background
and the Scientific Goal
1.2 The Technological Goal
2. Main Features and
Novelties of the GG Space Experiment
2.1
High Frequency Modulation of the Expected Signal
2.2 Room Temperature vs Cryogenics: Advantages of the GG
Design at Room Temperature and for a More Accurate Cryogenic Mission in the Future
2.3 Weak Mechanical Coupling of the Test Bodies and
Passive Electric Discharging
2.4 Dissipation, Whirl Motions and Their Stabilization
2.5 Requirements and Error Budget
3. The Payload
4. The Satellite, the Orbit and the Launcher
5. Status of the GGG (GG on the Ground) Prototype Experiment
6. Mission Operation, Ground Control,
Management of Scientific Data,
Impact on the Media and the General Public
7. GG Programme Development approach
8. References
Letters Annexed to the
Proposal
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Anna Nobili – nobili@dm.unipi.it
Last Updated: April 2000