LARES and LARES 2 – The LAser RElativity Satellites

Publications on LARES

List of publications by the LARES Team

  • I. Ciufolini, A.  Paolozzi, E.C.  Pavlis, G.  Sindoni, J. Ries, R. Matzner, R. König, C. Paris, V. Gurzadyan, R. Penrose, (2019): An improved test of the general relativistic effect of frame-dragging using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites. – European Physical Journal C, 79. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-7386-z
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E. Pavlis. C, R. Matzner, R. König, J. Ries, G. Sindoni, C. Paris and V. Gurzadyan. Tests of General Relativity with the LARES Satellites. In: Puetzfeld, D., Lämmerzahl, C. (eds) Relativistic Geodesy. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 196. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11500-5_15
  • R. König, I. Ciufolini, Measurement of Frame Dragging with Geodetic Satellites Based on Gravity Field Models from CHAMP, GRACE and Beyond, Relativistic Geodesy. Fundamental Theories of Physics, Springer, Cham, 2019, pp. 453-465
  • M. Pearlman, D. Arnold, M. Davis, F. Barlier, R. Biancale, V. Vasiliev, I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E.C. Pavlis, K. Sośnica, and M. Bloßfeld, Laser geodetic satellites: a high-accuracy scientific tool JOURNAL OF GEODESY, Springer Verlag, 2019, pp. 1-14
  • R. Koenig, S. Glaser, I. Ciufolini and A. Paolozzi, Impacts of the LARES and LARES-2 satellite missions on the SLR terrestrial reference frame, Proceedings of the IX HOTINE-MARUSSI SYMPOSIUM, Rome, 18-22 June, 2018,  (International Association of Geodesy Symposia, Springer 2019).
  • I. Ciufolini, E.C. Pavlis, J. Ries, R. Matzner, R. Koenig, A. Paolozzi, G. Sindoni, V. Gurzadyan, R. Penrose and C. Paris. Reply to “A comment on “A test of general relativity using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites and a GRACE Earth gravity model, by I. Ciufolini et al.”” THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PJOURNALS AND FIELDS, Springer New York LLC, 2018, Vol. 78
  • I. Ciufolini, R. Matzner, V. Gurzadyan, R. Penrose, A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: III. De Sitter effect and the LARES 2 space experiment THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PJOURNALS AND FIELDS, Springer New York LLC, 2017, Vol. 77
  •  I. Ciufolini, E.C. Pavlis, G. Sindoni, J. Ries. C, A. Paolozzi, R. Matzner, R. Koenig and C. Paris. A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: II. Monte Carlo simulations and covariance analyses of the LARES 2 experiment THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS, Springer Verlag, 2017, Vol. 132
  •  I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E.C. Pavlis, G. Sindoni, R. Koenig, J. Ries. C, R. Matzner, V. Gurzadyan, R. Penrose, D. Rubincam and C. Paris. A new laser-ranged satellite for General Relativity and space geodesy: I. An introduction to the LARES2 space experiment THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS, Springer Verlag, 2017, Vol. 132
  •  E.C. Pavlis, G. Sindoni, A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, M. Kuzmicz-Cieslak. and A. Gabrielli. El Niño effects on earth rotation parameters from LAGEOS and LARES orbital analysis, In: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC/I&CPS Europe), Milan 6-9 June 2017, 2017
  •  A. Paolozzi, C. Paris, G. Sindoni, D. Arnold, E.C. Pavlis, I. Ciufolini, R. Neubert. (2017, June). Data efficiency for the satellite LARES. In: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC/I&CPS Europe), Milan 6-9 June 2017 DOI: 10.1109/EEEIC.2017.7977819
  •  C. Paris, G. Sindoni, A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, F. Felli, The LARES-Lab thermovacuum facility with FBG sensor monitoring capability, AIDAA Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics, XXIV International Conference, 18-22 September 2017,  Palermo – Enna, Italy
  •  I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, G. Sindoni, C. Paris, Measurement of frame dragging of general relativity using LARES 2 satellite, AIDAA Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics, XXIV International Conference, 18-22 September 2017,  Palermo – Enna, Italy
  •  C. Paris, G. Sindoni, T. Di Sabato, Close Approaches of Debris to LARES Satellite During Its First Four Years of Operation, Transactions on Environment and Electrical Engineering (2017) [S.l.], v. 2, n. 1, p. 90-97, apr. 2017. doi:  10.22149/teee.v2i1.8
  •  V.G. Gurzadyan, I. Ciufolini, H.G. Khachatryan, S. Mirzoyan, A. Paolozzi. and G. Sindoni. On the Earth’s tidal perturbations for the LARES satellite THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS, Springer Verlag, 2017, Vol. 132
  •  V. Gurzadyan, I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, A. Kashin. L, H.G. Khachatryan, S. Mirzoyan. and G. Sindoni. Satellites testing general relativity: residuals versus perturbations, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2017, Vol. 26
  • G.  Sindoni, I. Ciufolini, F. Battie. A Monte Carlo analysis for collision risk assessment on VEGA launcher payloads and LARES satellite. Artificial Satellites, Vol. 51, No. 1 – 2016 DOI: 10.1515/arsa-2016-0004
  •  I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E. Pavlis.C, R. Koenig, J. Ries, V. Gurzadyan, R. Matzner, R. Penrose, G. Sindoni, C. Paris, H. Khachatryan, S. Mirzoyan, A test of general relativity using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites and a GRACE Earth gravity model: Measurement of Earth’s dragging of inertial frames, (2016) European Physical Journal C, 76 (3), art. no. 120, DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-3961-8
  •  I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E.C. Pavlis, R. Koenig, J. Ries, V. Gurzadyan, R. Matzner, G. Sindoni, C. Paris, H. Khachatryan. and S. Mirzoyan. Recent results from the LARES mission on testing general relativity Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC International Astronautical Federation, IAF, 2016, pp. 1-6
  •  Matzner, R., Nguyen, P., Brooks, J., Ciufolini, I., Paolozzi, A., Pavlis, E.C., Koenig, R., Ries, J., Gurzadyan, V., Penrose, R., Sindoni, G., Paris, C., Khachatryan, H., Mirzoyan, S., LARES satellite thermal forces and a test of general relativity, (2016) 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Aerospace, MetroAeroSpace 2016 – Proceedings, art. no. 7573269, pp. 516-521 DOI: 10.1109/MetroAeroSpace.2016.7573269
  • G. Sindoni, I. Ciufolini, F. Battie. A Monte Carlo analysis for collision risk assessment on VEGA launcher payloads and LARES satellite. Artificial Satellites, Vol. 51, No. 1 – 2016 DOI: 10.1515/arsa-2016-0004
  • Ciufolini, I., Paolozzi, A., Pavlis, E.C., Koenig, R., Ries, J., Gurzadyan, V., Matzner, R., Penrose, R., Sindoni, G., Paris, C., Khachatryan, H., Mirzoyan, S., A test of general relativity using the LARES and LAGEOS satellites and a GRACE Earth gravity model: Measurement of Earth’s dragging of inertial frames, (2016) European Physical Journal C, 76 (3), art. no. 120, DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-3961-8
  • G. Sindoni, T. Di Sabato, C. Paris. Space debris close approach to LARES satellite. Proceedings of the 16 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, Florence, Italy, 7-10 June, 2016.
  • C. Pavlis, A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, G. Sindoni, M. Kuzmicz-Cieslak, A. Gabrielli. The impact of El Niño on Earth rotation from LAGEOS and LARES SLR observations. Proceedings of the 16 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, Florence, Italy, 7-10 June, 2016.
  • Paolozzi, A., Paris, C., Pavlis, E.C., Sindoni, G., Ciufolini, I., Monitoring global climate change using SLR data from LARES and other geodetic satellites,(2016) Proceedings of SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 9803, art. no. 98034N, DOI: 10.1117/12.2222149
  • A. Paolozzi, E. C. Pavlis, C. Paris, G. Sindoni, I. Ciufolini. Earth Rotation: An example to teach rigid body motion and environmental monitoring. A fallout of the exploitation of LARES satellite data. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2016) – Volume 2, pages 339-346, 21-23 April 2016, Rome, Italy. ISBN: 978-989-758-179-3
  • C. Paris and G. Sindoni. Upgrade of the LARES-lab Remote Controllable Thermo-vacuum Facility – Lab Improvements for Remote Testing and e-Learning. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2016) – Volume 2, pages 347-352, 21-23 April 2016, Rome, Italy. ISBN: 978-989-758-179-3
  • G. Sindoni, E. C. Pavlis, C. Paris, A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini. Effects of climate change on Earth’s parameters. An example of exabyte-sized system. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Complex Information Systems (COMPLEXIS 2016), 22-24 April, 2016, Rome – Italy.
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, G. Sindoni. A remotely controllable thermo-vacuum facility for testing small payloads. In: Computer Supported Education, pp. 581-597. Communications in Computer and Information Science 583, Eds. Susan Zvacek, Maria Teresa Restivo, James Uhomoibhi, Markus Helfert. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29585-5_33
  • C. Paris, G. Sindoni. A remote controllable thermovacuum facility for CubeSats and small payloads. Proceedings of 3rd IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions And Cubesat Workshop, November 30 – December 5, 2015, Rome. IAA-CU-15-01-43
  • I. Ciufolini, One hundred years of general relativity; Einstein’s gravitational theory and its observational triumph, Il Nuovo Saggiatore, vol. 31, no. 5-6, anno 2015
  • Brotzu A., Felli F., Pilone D., Paolozzi A., Ciufolini I. (2015). Thoughness evaluation of LARES satellite tungsten alloy. Procedia Engineering, vol. 109, p. 517-524, ISSN: 1877-7058, doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.06.259
  • Paolozzi A., Ciufolini I., Gabrielli A., Paris C., Sindoni G. (2015). LARES mission: engineering aspects. Aerotecnica, Missili e Spazio, vol. 94, p. 23-30, ISSN: 0365-7442
  • Ignazio Ciufolini, Antonio Paolozzi, Erricos C. Pavlis, Rolf Koenig, John Ries, Vahe Gurzadyan, Richard Matzner, Roger Penrose, Giampiero Sindoni and Claudio Paris. Preliminary orbital analysis of the LARES space experiment. Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2015) 130: 133, Springer
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, G. Sindoni. LARES, a new satellite specifically designed for testing general relativity. International Journal of Aerospace Engineering. Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 341384, 9 pages. DOI: 10.1155/2015/341384
  • C. Paris, Vibration tests on the preloaded LARES satellite and separation system. Aerospace Science and Technology (2015), pp. 470-476.
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, M. Parisse, G. Sindoni. Thermal deformation on a laser retro-reflector of LARES satellite: error analysis. 66th International Astronautical Congress – IAC 2015, 12 – 16 October, Jerusalem, Israel. IAC-15-C2.2.10
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E. C. Pavlis, A. Gabrielli, C. Paris, G. Sindoni. Improvement in the measurement of frame-dragging with a future LARES 2 mission. 66th International Astronautical Congress – IAC 2015, 12 – 16 October, Jerusalem, Israel. IAC-15-A2.1.8
  • G. Sindoni, E. C. Pavlis, I. Ciufolini, C. Vendittozzi, A. Paolozzi. The contribution of LARES to global climate change studies with geodetic satellites. Proceedings of the ASME 2015 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems SMASIS2015, September 21-23, 2015, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • G. Sindoni, E. C. Pavlis, I. Ciufolini. Orbital data analysis on LARES satellite. Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIDAA2015, Politecnico di Torino, 17-19 November 2015.
  • E.C. Pavlis, A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, G. Sindoni, A. Gabrielli. Use of LARES satellite data for Earth science. 23rd Conference of the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics – AIDAA2015
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, C. Paris, G. Sindoni. The constellation of LARES and LAGEOS satellites for testing General Relativity. IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, Mar. 7-14, 2015.
  • C. Paris, R. Neubert. Tests of LARES and CHAMP cube corner reflectors in simulated space environment. IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, Mar. 7-14, 2015.
  • G. Sindoni, E. C. Pavlis. LARES Mission Operations. IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, Mar. 7-14, 2015.
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, G. Sindoni. Engineering Challenges of LARES Satellite, Designed to Test the Dynamics of General Relativity. ICEDyn 2015, International Conference on Structural Engineering Dynamics, Lagos, Algarve, Portugal, 22-24 June 2015.
  • E.C. Pavlis, G. Sindoni, A.Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini. Contribution of LARES and Geodetic Satellites on Environmental Monitoring. 2015, IEEE 15th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering, June 10-13, 2015 Rome.
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, G. Sindoni. LARES-lab: a thermo-vacuum facility for research and e-learning. Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education – CSEDU 2015, 23 – 25 May 2015 / Portugal, Lisbon.
  • A. Paolozzi, C. Paris, G. Sindoni, A. Tartaglia. The LARES Mission: an Opportunity to Teach General Relativity. Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Computer Supported Education – CSEDU 2015, 23 – 25 May 2015 / Portugal, Lisbon.
  • E. C. Pavlis, I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, C. Paris, G. Sindoni. Quality assessment of LARES satellite ranging data. Proceedings of Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Aerospace, Benevento, Italy, June 4-5, 2015. Conference Proceedings. vol. 1, p. 33-37. ISBN: 978-1-4799-7568-6
  • G. Sindoni, E. C. Pavlis, C. Paris, A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini. Orbital predictions for the LARES satellite mission. Proceedings of Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Aerospace, Benevento, Italy, June 4-5, 2015.
  • I. Ciufolini, “General Relativity and Dragging of Inertial Frames”, in “General Relativity: The most beautiful of Theories, Applications and trends after 100 years”, Centennial Jubilee Volume of General Relativity, ed. C. Rovelli 125-162 (De Gruyter, January 2015).
  • C. Canoci, I. Ciufolini, A. Coluccia, C. Paris, G. Ricci, G. Salvadori, G. Sindoni. On the statistics of the orbital residuals of the LAGEOS satellites. Modern Physics Letters A, Vol. 30, No. 19 (2015) 1550091 (14 pages), World Scientific Publishing Company. DOI: 10.1142/S0217732315500911
  • Ignazio Ciufolini , A. Paolozzi, V. Gurzadyan, E. Pavlis, R. Koenig, J. Ries, R. Matzner, R. Penrose, G. Sindoni and C. Paris, “Dragging of Inertial Frames, Fundamental Physics and Satellite Laser Ranging”, Chapter 4 of “Frontiers in relativistic celestial mechanics” Vol. 2, Ed. S. Kopeikin, De Gruyter Studies in Mathematical (2014), pp. 157-186.
  • Ciufolini, I., Paolozzi, A., Paris, C., Sindoni, G., “The LARES satellite and its minimization of the thermal forces”, Metrology for Aerospace (MetroAeroSpace), 2014 IEEE, Benevento 29-30 May 2014, pp. 299-303.
  • Ciufolini, I., Paolozzi A., E.C.Pavlis, R.Koenig, J.C.Ries, R.Matzner, V.Gurzadyan, G.Sindoni, C.Paris, A. Gabrielli, Preliminary results of LARES mission to test general relativity, IAC 2014 Toronto 29 Sep.-3 Oct. (2014).
  • Sindoni G., Paris C., Paolozzi A., Ciufolini I., Pavlis E.C., Gabrielli A., Operation and data analysis of LARES satellite, IAC 2014 Toronto 29 Sep.-3 Oct. (2014).
  • Claudio Paris and Giampiero Sindoni. LARES-LAB: a facility for environmental testing of satellite components and micro satellites.  2nd IAA conference on dynamics and control of space systems, March 24-26, 2014, Roma, Italy. Paper: IAA-AAS-DyCoSS2-14-06-01
  • Ignazio Ciufolini, Antonio Paolozzi, LARES mette alla prova Einstein e teorie cosmologiche, Space Magazine, n. 1, aprile 2013, pp 36-41.
  • Ignazio Ciufolini and Antonio Paolozzi Testing general relativity with a high-density satellite, 21 October 2013, SPIE Newsroom. DOI: 10.1117/2.1201310.005029. http://spie.org/x103792.xml?highlight=x2418&ArticleID=x103792
  • Ignazio Ciufolini, Antonio Paolozzi, Rolf Koenig, Erricos C. Pavlis, John Ries, Richard Matzner, Vahe Gurzadyan, Roger Penrose, Giampiero Sindoni, Claudio Paris, Fundamental Physics and General Relativity with the LARES and LAGEOS satellites, Nuclear Physics B (Proc. Suppl.) 243–244 (2013) 180–193
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, A. Gabrielli, C. Paris, G. Sindoni. LARES mission engineering aspects. Proceedings of XXII AIDAA Conference, Neaples (Italy), September 9th – 12th, 2013. Proposto dal scientific committee di AIDAA conference per la pubblicazione su Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (JBIS), 2014
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, G. Sindoni and C. Paris. LARES Satellite: the best test particle for testing General Relativity. Proceedings of XXII AIDAA Conference, Neaples (Italy), September 9th – 12th, 2013.
  • V.G. Gurzadyan, I. Ciufolini, S. Sargsyan, G. Yegorian, S. Mirzoyan, A. Paolozzi, Satellite probing General Relativity and its extensions and Kolmogorov Analysis. EUROPHYSICS LETTERS. EPL, 102 (2013) 60002. doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/102/60002
  • I. Ciufolini. Time travel, clock puzzles and their experimental tests. EPJ Web of Conferences 58, 01005. doi: 10.1051/epjconf/20135801005
  • I. Ciufolini, B. Moreno Monge, A. Paolozzi, R. Koenig, G. Sindoni, G. Michalak and E. Pavlis. Monte Carlo Simulations of the LARES space experiment to test General Relativity and fundamental physics. Classical and Quantum Gravity 30 235009. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/30/23/235009
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini. LARES successfully launched in orbit: satellite and mission description. Acta Astronautica, 91 (2013) pp 313-321
  • I. Ciufolini,V.G. Gurzadyan, R. Penrose and A. Paolozzi, Geodesic  motion in general relativity: LARES in Earth’s gravity, in: V. G. Gurzadyan, A. Klümper, A. G. Sedrakyan (Eds.), Low Dimensional Physics and Gauge Principles (Matinyan Festschrift), World Scientific  Publishing co., Singapore,  2013, pp. 93-97.
  • B.M.Monge, R.Koenig, G. Michalak, I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, G. Sindoni, “Preliminary study for the measurement of the Lense-Thirring effect with the Galileo satellites”, Acta Futura, 7 (2013), 87-96.
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E. Pavlis, J. Ries, V. Gurzadyan, R. Koenig, R. Matzner, R. Penrose, G. Sindoni. Testing general relativity and gravitational physics using LARES satellite. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS, vol. 127:133, p. 1-7, ISSN: 2190-5444, doi: 10.1140/epjp/i2012-12133-8
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, C. Paris. Overview of the LARES Mission: orbit, error analysis and technological aspects. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONFERENCE SERIES, vol. 354, p. 1-9, ISSN: 1742-6596, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/354/1/012002
  • I. Ciufolini, E. C. Pavlis, A. Paolozzi, J. Ries, R. Koenig, R. Matzner, G. Sindoni, H. Neumayer. Phenomenology of the Lense-Thirring effect in the Solar System: Measurement of frame-dragging with laser ranged satellites. NEW ASTRONOMY, vol. 17, p. 341-346, ISSN: 1384-1076, doi: 10.1016/j.newast.2011.08.003
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E. Pavlis, J. Ries, R. Koenig, R. Matzner, V. Slabinski, V. Gurzadyan, E. Flamini, G. Sindoni, C. Paris, H. Neumayer. Initial orbit determination results for the LARES satellite. In: 63rd International Astronautical Congress 2012. Naples, Italy, 1-5 October, 2012
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, E. Flamini, A. Gabrielli, E. Mangraviti. LARES is in orbit! Some aspects of the mission. In: 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 1-5 October, 2012
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, F. Passeggio, G. Caputo, L Caputo, A. Bursi, E. Mangraviti. LARES satellite and separation system.In: 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 1-5 October 2012
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Vendittozzi, F. Felli. Material and surface properties of LARES satellite. In: 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 1-5 October, 2012
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, G. Sindoni, D. Spano. Qualification tests on the optical retro-reflectors of LARES satellite. In: 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 1-5 October, 2012
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris, D. Spano, G. Battaglia, N. Reinhart. Thermal tests on LARES satellite components. In: 63rd International Astronautical Congress. Naples, Italy, 1-5 October, 2012
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, G. Caputo, L. Caputo, F. Passeggio, E. Visca, F. Felli. Surface treatment on breadboards of LARES satellite. In: proceedings of VI International Symposium on Aluminium Surface Science and Technology. Hilton Sorrento Palace Hotel, Sorrento, Italy, May 27th-31st 2012, p. 1-6, ISBN: 9788890731808
  • C. Paris, D. Spano. Proposal for a cubesat laser ranging mission. Proceedings of 1st IAA Conference on University satellites mission and 1st cubesat winter workshop in Europe. Rome, January 24-29/2011.
  • E. Pavlis, I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, LARES: a new ASI mission to improve the measurement of Lense-Thirring effect with satellite laser ranging, Journees 2011, Vienna 19-21 September 2011, published on December 2012 pp. 252-255 ISBN 978-2-901057-67-3.
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E. C. Pavlis, J. Ries, R. Koenig, R. Matzner. LARES, Laser-Ranged Satellite for Testing General Relativity. SPACE RESEARCH TODAY, p. 11-25, ISSN: 1752-9298, doi: 10.1016/j.srt.2011.11.005
  • J. C. Ries, I. Ciufolini, E. C Pavlis, A. Paolozzi, R. Koenig, R. A. Matzner, G. Sindoni, H. Neumayer. The Earth’s frame-dragging via laser-ranged satellites: A Response to ‘Some considerations on the present-day results for the detection of frame-dragging after the final outcome of GP-B’ by Iorio L. EUROPHYSICS LETTERS, vol. 96, p. 30002-p1-30002-p5, ISSN: 0295-5075, doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/96/30002
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Vendittozzi. Engineering and scientific aspects of LARES satellite.ACTA ASTRONAUTICA, vol. 69, p. 127-134, ISSN: 0094-5765, doi: 10.101610.1016/j.actaastro.2011.03.005
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E. C. Pavlis, J. Ries, R. Koenig, R. Matzner, G. Sindoni, H. Neumayer. Testing gravitational physics with satellite laser ranging. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS, vol. 126, ISSN: 2190-5444, doi: 10.1140/epjp/i2011-11072-2
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, C. Paris. Contribution of strain measurements to the LARES satellite mission. In: International Conference on Structural Engineering Dynamics – ICEDyn 2011. Tavira, Portugal, 20-22 June 2011
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, E. Pavlis, R. Koenig, J. Ries, R. Matzner, R. Neubert, D. Rubincam, D. Arnold, V. Slabinski, G. Sindoni, C. Paris, M. Ramiconi, D. Spano, C. Vendittozzi, H. Neumayer. LARES Laser Relativity Satellite. Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Laser Ranging: extending the range. Bad Kotzting, Germany, May 16-20, 2011, pp. 19-23.
  • C. Vendittozzi, F. Felli, A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini. Material and manufacturing issues of a laser ranged satellite. Proceedings of 9th Youth Symposium on Experimental Solid Mechanics, Trieste, Italy, July 7-10, 2010, pp. 78-8
  • Ignazio Ciufolini, Erricos C Pavlis, John Ries, Rolf Koenig, Giampiero Sindoni, Antonio Paolozzi, Hans Newmayer. Gravitomagnetism and its Measurement with Laser Ranging to the LAGEOS satellites and GRACE Earth Gravity Models. In: General Relativity and John Archibald Wheeler, pp. 371-434. Springer.
  • I Ciufolini, A Paolozzi, E Pavlis, J Ries, R Koenig, R Matzner, G Sindoni. The LARES space experiment: LARES orbit, error analysis and satellite structure. In: General Relativity and John Archibald Wheeler, pp. 467-492. Springer.
  • A. Paolozzi,  I. Ciufolini,  L. Schirone,  I. Peroni, C. Paris,  D. Spano,  G. Sindoni,  C. Vendittozzi, G. Battaglia,  M. Ramiconi. Tests of LARES cube corner reflectors in simulated space environment (preliminary results). Proceedings of the 61st International Astronautical Congress 2010 (IAC 2010), Prague, CZ. IAC-10-C2.6.11.
  • I. Ciufolini, E. Pavlis. Measurement of gravitomagnetism with satellite laser ranging to LAGEOS, LAGEOS 2 and LARES satellites. IAU Symposium #261, American Astronomical Society, 2009
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, F. Felli, A. Brotzu, D. Pilone. Issues on LARES Satellite Material. Proceedings of the 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009 (IAC 2009), Daejeon, Korea, Oct. 12-16, 2009, IAC-09.C2.4.5
  • A. Paolozzi,  I. Ciufolini,  C. Vendittozzi,  F. Passeggio,  L. Caputo and  G. Caputo. Technological challenges for manufacturing LARES satellite. Proceedings of the 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009 (IAC 2009), Daejeon, Korea, Oct. 12-16, 2009, IAC-09.C2.I.5.
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini,  I. Peroni,  C. Paris,  M. Ramiconi,  F. M. Onorati,  L. Acquaroli. Testing the LARES separation system breadboards. Proceedings of the 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009 (IAC 2009), Daejeon, Korea, Oct. 12-16, 2009, IAC-09.D5.1.9.
  • I. Ciufolini, A. Paolozzi, G. Sindoni, E. C. Pavlis, A. Gabrielli. Scientific Aspects of LARES Missio. Proceedings of the 60th International Astronautical Congress 2009 (IAC 2009), Daejeon, Korea, Oct. 12-16, 2009. IAC-09.B4.2.9
  • Ignazio Ciufolini, Antonio Paolozzi, Erricos C. Pavlis, John C. Ries, Rolf Koenig, Richard A. Matzner, Giampiero Sindoni, Hans Neumayer. Towards a One Percent Measurement of Frame Dragging by Spin with Satellite Laser Ranging to LAGEOS, LAGEOS 2 and LARES and GRACE Gravity Models. Space Science Reviews, December 2009, Volume 148, Issue 1-4, pp 71-104.
  • A. Paolozzi,  I. Ciufolini,  C. Vendittozzi and  A. Bursi. Cost effective center of mass determination of LARES satellite. Atti del XX Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, 3 Jul, 2009
  • A. Paolozzi,  I. Ciufolini,  C. Paris,  G. Sindoni, M. Ramiconi,  F. M. Onorati and  L. Scolamiero. Design of LARES separation system. Atti del XX Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, 3 Jul, 2009
  • A. Paolozzi, I. Ciufolini, F. Felli, A. Brotzu, D. Pilone, C. Vendittozzi and F. Passeggio. Material and manufacturing f LARES satellite. Atti del XX Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, 3 Jul, 2009
  • A. Paolozzi,  I. Ciufolini,  C. Vendittozzi,  I. Peroni. Mechanical design of LARES satellite. Atti del XX Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, 3 Jul, 2009
  • I. Ciufolini,  A. Paolozzi,  G. Sindoni,  E. Pavlis, A. Gabrielli,  S. Pirrotta,  D. Barbagallo,  E. Mangraviti. Objectives of LARES satellite. Atti del XX Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, 3 Jul, 2009.
  • A. Paolozzi,  I. Ciufolini,  A. Lucantoni,  D. Arnold. Optical Design of LARES Satellite. Atti del XX Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, 3 Jul, 2009.
  • A. Paolozzi,  I. Ciufolini,  C. Paris,  L. Acquaroli, P. Piersigilli and  A. Gabrielli, Tests on LARES separation system components using fiber optic sensors. Atti del XX Congresso Nazionale AIDAA, 3 Jul, 2009.
  • Antonio Paolozzi, Ignazio Ciufolini, Isidoro Peroni, Francesco M. Onorati, Luigi Acquaroli, Lucio Scolamiero, Giampiero Sindoni, Claudio Paris, Cristian Vendittozzi, Marcello Ramiconi, Nicola Preli, Alessandro Lucantoni, Francesco Passeggio, Stefano Berardis, “Fibre Optic Sensors for the Validation of the Numerical Simulation on the Breadboard of the LARES Separation System,” Proceedings of the 59th IAC (International Astronautical Congress), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2008, IAC-08-C2.1