Abstract
The results of a test of general relativity with use of a hydrogen-maser frequency standard in a spacecraft launched nearly vertically upward to 10 000 km are reported. The agreement of the observed relativistic frequency shift with prediction is at the 70× level.
- Received 19 August 1980
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.2081
©1980 American Physical Society
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