ILRS Mission Priorities | April 15, 2009

Priority	Mission	ILRS Name	COSPAR ID	SIC	Sponsor	Altitude (km)	Inclination (degrees)	Comments
1	GOCE	goce	0901301	0499	ESA	295	96.7
2	GRACE-A/B	gracea graceb	0201201 0201202	8003 8004	GFZ/JPL	485-500	89	tandem mission
3	CHAMP	champ	0003902	8002	GFZ	429-474	87.27
4	TerraSAR-X	terrasarx	0702601	6201	Infoterra/ DLR/GFZ/CSR	514	97.44
5	Envisat	envisat	0200901	6179	ESA	796	98.6	tandem with ERS-2
6	ERS-2	ers2	9502101	6178	ESA	800	98.6	tandem with Envisat
7	Jason-1	jason1	0105501	4378	NASA/CNES	1,350	66.0
8	Jason-2	jason2	0803201	1025	NASA, CNES, Eumetsat, NOAA	1,336	66.0	tandem with Jason-1
9	Larets	larets	0304206	5557	IPIE	691	98.204
10	Starlette	starlette	7501001	1134	CNES	815-1,100	49.8
11	Stella	stella	9306102	0643	CNES	815	98.6
12	Ajisai	ajisai	8606101	1500	JAXA	1,485	50
13	LAGEOS-2	lageos2	9207002	5986	ASI/NASA	5625	52.6
14	LAGEOS-1	lageos1	7603901	1155	NASA	5850	109.8
15	Beacon-C	beaconc	6503201	317	NASA	950-1300	41	upgraded from a campaign to ongoing mission (Jan 2002)
16	GIOVE-B	gioveb	0802001	7002	ESA	23,916	56
17	Etalon-1	etalon1	8900103	0525	Russia	19,100	65.3
18	Etalon-2	etalon2	8903903	4146	Russia	19,100	65.2
19	COMPASS-M1	compassm1	0701101	2001	China	21,500	55.5
20	GLONASS-115	glonass115	0806702	9115	Russia	19,100	65	replaced GLONASS-99 (31-Mar-2009)
21	GLONASS-109	glonass109	0706503	9109	Russia	19,100	65	replaced GLONASS-95 (28-May-2008)
22	GLONASS-102	glonass102	0606201	9102	Russia	19,100	65	replaced GLONASS-89 (04-May-2007)
23	GPS-35	gps35	9305401	3535	US DoD	20,100	54.2
24	GPS-36	gps36	9401601	3636	US DoD	20,100	55.0
25	GIOVE-A	giovea	0505101	7001	ESA	23,916	56

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