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ILRS Report For 2007/2008
This 2007/2008 volume is 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.
Available Files
| File |
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| Full document, including covers |
11.6 |
| Front cover |
1.5 |
| Section 0 |
1.0 |
| Section 1 |
1.2 |
| Section 2 |
1.0 |
| Section 3 |
1.1 |
| Section 4 |
1.0 |
| Section 5 |
0.5 |
| Section 6 |
0.3 |
| Section 7 |
0.8 |
| Section 8 |
1.6 |
| Section 9 |
1.1 |
| Section 10 |
0.3 |
| Section 11 |
0.6 |
| Section 12 |
1.9 |
| Section 13 |
3.2 |
| Appendix A |
0.5 |
| Back cover |
0.7 |
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