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ILRS Mission Priorities as of December 2, 2014

Priority Mission ILRS
Name		 COSPAR
ID		 SIC Sponsor Altitude
(km)		 Inclination
(degrees)		 Comments
1 GRACE-A/B gracea
graceb		 0201201
0201202		 8003
8004		 GFZ/JPL 485-500 89 Tandem mission
2 CryoSat-2 cryosat2 1001301 8006 ESA 720 92  
3 TanDEM-X tandemx 1003001 6202 Infoterra/ DLR/GFZ/CSR 514 98 Tandem with TerraSAR-X
4 TerraSAR-X terrasarx 0702601 6201 Infoterra/ DLR/GFZ/CSR 514 97.44 Tandem with TanDEM-X
5 STSAT-2C stsat2c 1300301 3804 MEST, KAIST 300 - 1500 80  
6 Swarm-A/B swarma
swarmb		 1306702
1306701		 8007
8008		 ESA 460 88.35  
7 Swarm-C swarmc 1306703 8009 ESA 530 88.95  
8 KOMPSAT-5 kompsat5 1304201 3803 KARI 550 96.7  
9 RadioAstron radioastro 1103701 5559 Lavochkin Association 500-350,000 51.4 Campaign tracking with specific stations
10 SARAL saral 1300901 3201 CNES and ISRO 814 98.55  
11 HY-2A hy2a 1104301 2201 China 971 99.35  
12 Jason-2 jason2 0803201 1025 NASA, CNES, Eumetsat, NOAA 1,336 66.0 Tandem with Jason-1
13 Larets larets 0304206 5557 IPIE 691 98.204  
14 Starlette starlette 7501001 1134 CNES 815-1,100 49.8  
15 Stella stella 9306102 0643 CNES 815 98.6  
16 LARES lares 1200601 5987 ASI 1,450 69.5  
17 LAGEOS-2 lageos2 9207002 5986 ASI/NASA 5,625 52.6  
18 LAGEOS-1 lageos1 7603901 1155 NASA 5,850 109.8  
19 Etalon-1 etalon1 8900103 0525 Russia 19,100 65.3  
20 Etalon-2 etalon2 8903903 4146 Russia 19,100 65.2  
21 Ajisai ajisai 8606101 1500 JAXA 1,485 50  
22 IRNSS-1C irnss1c 1406101 3303 ISRO 42,164 29  
23 IRNSS-1B irnss1b 1401701 3302 ISRO 42,164 29  
24 IRNSS-1A irnss1a 1303401 3301 ISRO 42,164 29  
25 QZS-1 qzs1 1004501 1581 JAXA 32,000-40,000 45 WPLTN tracking only
26 Beacon-C beaconc 6503201 0317 NASA 950-1300 41 Upgraded from a campaign to
ongoing mission (Jan 2002)
27 Envisat envisat 0200901 6179 ESA 796 98.6  
28 GLONASS-123 glonass123 1004102 9123 Russia 19,100 65  
29 GLONASS-125 glonass125 1100901 9125 Russia 19,100 65  
30 GLONASS-129 glonass129 1106402 9129 Russia 19,100 65  
31 GLONASS-130 glonass130 1107101 9130 Russia 19,100 65  
32 GLONASS-131 glonass131 1301901 9131 Russia 19,100 65  
33 GLONASS-132 glonass132 1401201 9132 Russia 19,100 65  
34 COMPASS-M3 compassm3 1201801 2004 China 21,528 55.0  
35 COMPASS-I3 compassi3 1101301 2003 China 42,161 55.6  
36 COMPASS-I5 compassi5 1107301 2005 China 42,161 55.6  
37 COMPASS-G1 compassg1 1000101 2002 China 42,163 1.53  
38 Galileo-201 galileo201 1405001 7201 ESA 17,300-25,900    
39 Galileo-104 galileo104 1205502 7104 ESA 23,220 56 Tracking campaign
40 Galileo-103 galileo103 1205501 7103 ESA 23,220 56 Tracking campaign
41 Galileo-101 galileo101 1106001 7101 ESA 23,220 56  
42 Galileo-102 galileo102 1106002 7102 ESA 23,220 56  
43 GIOVE-A giovea 0505101 7001 ESA 23,916 56  

Lunar Tracking Priorities

Priority Retroreflector Array ILRS
Name		 COSPAR
ID		 SIC Sponsor Altitude(km)
1 Apollo15 apollo15 0000103 N/A NASA 356,400
2 Apollo11 apollo11 0000100 N/A NASA 356,400
3 Apollo14 apollo14 0000102 N/A NASA 356,400
4 Luna21 luna21 0000101 N/A Russian Federation 356,400
5 Luna17 luna17 0000104 N/A Russian Federation 356,400