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ILRS Report For 2007/2008
This 2007/2008 volume will be the fifth published
report for the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS).
With this next
report, we have chosen to use a format similar to the one used
in previous years, concentrating on achievements and
work in progress rather than ILRS organizational elements. The
2007/2008 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 Activities, reviews the recent
developments in the ILRS Analysis Working Group
including the pilot projects, 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 2007/2008 and
reports issued by the service.
- 11. Bibliography, lists some of the papers
and presentations about SLR and LLR science and
technology made during 2007/2008.
- 12, Analysis and Associate Analysis Center reports
- 13, Station Reports
- Appendices:
- A, ILRS Information, lists organizations
participating in the ILRS and defines various acronyms
used in this annual report.
Please send your contribution (using the format described
on the
ILRS Web site) to Carey
Noll (Carey.Noll@nasa.gov) by APRIL 15, 2009.
Responsible Government Official:
NASA's
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