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ILRS Mission Priorities (17 March 2000)
| Priority |
Mission |
Sponsor |
Altitude
(km) |
Inclination
(degrees) |
Comments |
| 1 |
ERS1 |
ESA |
800 |
98.5 |
Altimetry/no other tracking
technique
Campaign through 31 December 2000 |
| 2 |
GFO1 |
US Navy |
790 |
108.0 |
Altimetry/no other tracking
technique
Campaign through 31 March 2000 |
| 3 |
ERS2 |
ESA |
800 |
98.6 |
Altimetry/PRARE |
| 4 |
TOPEX/
Poseidon |
NASA/CNES |
1,350 |
66.0 |
Altimetry/DORIS and GPS |
| 5 |
Sunsat |
Stellenbosch University |
650 |
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Campaign through 17 March 2000 |
| 6 |
Starlette |
CNES |
815-1,100 |
49.8 |
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| 7 |
WESTPAC |
WPLTN |
835 |
98 |
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| 8 |
Stella |
CNES |
815 |
98.6 |
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| 9 |
BeaconC |
NASA |
950-1300 |
41 |
Campaign through 31 October 2000 |
| 10 |
Ajisai |
NASDA |
1,485 |
50 |
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| 11 |
LAGEOS2 |
ASI/NASA |
5625 |
52.6 |
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| 12 |
LAGEOS1 |
NASA |
5850 |
109.8 |
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| 13 |
GLONASS80 |
Russian
Federation |
19,100 |
65 |
Replaces GLONASS70
as of 20 October 1999 |
| 14 |
GLONASS72 |
Russian
Federation |
19,100 |
65 |
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| 15 |
GLONASS79 |
Russian
Federation |
19,100 |
65 |
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| 16 |
GPS35 |
US DoD |
20,100 |
54.2 |
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| 17 |
GPS36 |
US DoD |
20,100 |
55.0 |
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| 18 |
Etalon1 |
Russian
Federation |
19,100 |
65.3 |
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| 19 |
Etalon2 |
Russian
Federation |
19,100 |
65.2 |
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Lunar Tracking Priorities
| Priority |
Retroreflector Array |
Sponsor |
Altitude(km) |
| 1 |
Apollo15 |
NASA |
356,400 |
| 2 |
Apollo11 |
NASA |
356,400 |
| 3 |
Apollo14 |
NASA |
356,400 |
| 4 |
Luna21 |
Russian Federation |
356,400 |
| 5 |
Luna17 |
Russian Federation |
356,400 |
Responsible Government Official:
NASA's
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