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Below are important mission/campaign milestones:

2009

MicroSCOPE launch

2008

January 21-February 10 - GIOVE-A tracking campaign (mid beta angle in 2008)
March 01-23 - GIOVE-A tracking campaign (eclipse season)
June - Jason-2 (with T2L2) launch
October - LRO launch
Galileo initial launch

2007

January 12 - GLONASS-99 replaces GLONASS-87 in ILRS tracking list
May 04 - GLONASS-102 replaces GLONASS-89 in ILRS tracking list
June 15 - TerraSAR-X launch
June 08-28 - GIOVE-A tracking campaign (max beta angle in 2007)
September 05-30 - GIOVE-A tracking campaign (eclipse season)
October 18-November 08 - GIOVE-A tracking campaign (mid beta angle value in 2007)
December 05-25 - GIOVE-A tracking campaign (min beta angle in 2007)
December - PROBA-2 launch
December - GIOVE-B (GSTB v2) launch

2006

January 18 - TOPEX mission termination
January 24 - ALOS launch
June 01 - Tracking on Gravity Probe B (GP-B) ceases as per mission request
May 22-July 23 - First GIOVE-A tracking campaign
November 01-December 31 - Second GIOVE-A tracking campaign
ANDE-RR launch
ETS-VIII launch

2005

August 23 - OICETS launch
August 25 - GLONASS-95 replaces GLONASS-84 in ILRS tracking roster
September 20-27 - Jason-1 in safe hold mode
October 06 - CryoSat launch failure; satellite lost
December 26 - GIOVE-A (GSTB v2/A) launch

2004

April 20 - Gravity Probe B (GP-B) launch
November 01 - DORIS transmitter on TOPEX failed; SLR only means of POD
December 26 - GLONASS-95, -96, -97 launched

2003

January 13 - ICESat launch, campaign to begin at least 1 month after launch
January 22 - STARSHINE-3 enters Earth's upper atmosphere
March 26 - GLONASS-89 replaces GLONASS-86 in ILRS tracking roster
November - Start of Larets tracking campaign
Deccember 10 - GLONASS-92, -93, -94 launched
IRSP5 (CARTOSAT1) launch

2002

March 01 - Envisat launch
March 17 - GRACE launch
October - Etalon is elevated from a campaign to a mission, while maintaining the highest priority of the high satellites
October - Meteor-3M gets elevated from a campaign to a mission
December 10 - Meteor-3M launch
December 14 - ADEOS-2 launch, campaign to end launch + 34 days
December 25 - GLONASS-89, -90, -91 launched

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