Gravity Probe B Results: Preliminary Info

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Does anyone have any preliminary, or otherwise, information as to the results of Gravity Probe B?
 
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iirc, we won't have ANY results for a few years
 
Results of the frame dragging experiment have already been published [GR is right again!] The second half of GPB results [precession] should be out around the end of this year. I've not heard of any expected delays in releasing those results.
 
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Results of the frame dragging experiment have already been published [GR is right again!] The second half of GPB results [precession] should be out around the end of this year. I've not heard of any expected delays in releasing those results.

Where have these results been published? I don't see any mention of this on the GPB website

http://einstein.stanford.edu/

they say they are still in the final calibration phase and the helium is apparently still flowing.
 

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