Larets
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Mission Photos:
Courtesy of IPIE
Mission Objectives:
Larets is designed to address scientific and applied problems in the interests of geodesy and geodynamics. The LARETS mission is a next stage in low-target-error laser satellite design optimization, started with the WESTPAC mission. SLR tracking is the single data source for orbit determination
Mission Instrumentation:
Larets has the following instrumentation onboard:
- 60 prism corner cube retroreflectors
Mission Parameters:
| Sponsor: | Russia |
| Coordinator | IPIE |
| Expected Life: | 6 Months |
| Primary Applications: | |
| Primary SLR Applications: | |
| COSPAR ID: | 0304206 |
| SIC Code: | 5557 |
| NORAD SSC Code: | 27944 |
| Launch Date: | September 27 2003 |
| Orbit: | |
| Inclination: | 98.204 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.0002 |
| Altitude | 691 km |
| Weight: | 23.28 kg |
