What’s SaToR-G?
SaToR-G (Satellite Tests of Relativistic Gravity) will expand the activities carried on by the LAser RAnged Satellite Experiment (LARASE, 2013-2019), investigating possible experimental signatures of deviation from GR. Similarly to LARASE, SaToR-G is dedicated to measurements of the gravitational interaction in the weak-field and slow-motion (WFSM) limit of GR by means of laser tracking to geodetic passive satellites orbiting around the Earth. SaToR-G exploits the improvement of the dynamical model of the two LAGEOS and LARES satellites achieved by LARASE. These satellites represent the proof-masses of the experiment.
Help to significantly improve the dynamical models of the forces acting on satellites, with particular regards to the subtle accelerations produced by the non-conservative forces.
Perform new measurements in gravitational physics and verify the predictions of General Relativity in the field of the Earth.
