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Bonded to the rear of the telescope is a fused quartz block containing the centerpieces of the GP-B mission, four fused quartz gyroscopes. These 1.5inch gyroscopes spin at 4,000 rpm inside housings arely larger than the
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Document Date: 2008-04-16 15:32:13


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