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ILRS Annual Report For 2003/2004
This 2003/2004 volume will be the fourth published
Annual Report for the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS).
With this newxt report, we have chosen to use a format similar
to the one used in 2002, concentrating on achievements and work
in progress rather than ILRS organizational elements. The 2003/2004
ILRS Annual Report is structured as follows:
- Sections:
- 1. ILRS Organization, reviews the service and its role
in space geodesy.
- 2. ILRS Tracking Network, provides the current status and
recent performance statistics of the international stations
supporting the ILRS and offers a perspective on site surveys
and system collocations. An update on field engineering activities
is also provided
- 3. ILRS Missions and Campaigns, gives information about
many of the current and future missions supported by the
ILRS.
- 4. Infrastructure, details recent activities tackled by
the ILRS Central Bureau, including web site improvements
and data center developments.
- 5. Tracking Procedures and Data Flow, discusses satellite
predictions, ILRS tracking priorities, recent developments
in the area of dynamic priorities, and the flow of on-site
normal points and full-rate data.
- 6. Emerging Technologies, includes information about high
repletion rate lasers and systems, detectors, timers and
frequency standards, multi-wavelength ranging, and other
hardware that will help advance the accuracy and automation
of laser ranging systems. Also included are new applications
for the SLR technique.
- 7. Analysis Pilot Projects, reviews the recent developments
in the ILRS Analysis Working Group including the three pilot
projects begun in 2003, Computation of Stations Positions
and EOPs, Orbits, and Software Benchmarking.
- 8. Modeling, discusses recent advancements in refraction
modeling and satellite center of mass corrections.
- 9. Science Coordination, examines the ILRS role in the
ITRF, its synergy with the other geodetic techniques, and
some interesting applications for both SLR and LLR.
- 10. Meetings and Reports, reviews ILRS-related meetings
in 2003 and reports issued by the service.
- 11. Bibliography, lists some of the papers and presentations
about SLR and LLR science and technology made during 2003.
- Appendices:
- A, Analysis and Associate Analysis Center reports
- B, Station Reports
- C, ILRS Information, lists organizations participating
in the ILRS and defines various acronyms used in this annual
report.
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