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We discuss perspectives for new tests of general relativity which are based on recent technological developments as well as new ideas. We focus our attention on tests performed with atomic clocks and do not repeat arguments present in the other contributions to the present issue (Space Sci. Rev. 2009, This Issue). In particular, we present the scientific motivations of the space projects ACES (Salomon et al. in CR Acad. Sci. IV-2:1313, 2001) and SAGAS (Wolf et al. in Exp. Astron. 23:651, 2009).
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Reynaud, S., Salomon, C. & Wolf, P. Testing General Relativity with Atomic Clocks. Space Sci Rev 148, 233–247 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-009-9539-0
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