SLR Monthly Global Performance Report Card

September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020

The performance report card is divided into three tables for readability. Table 1 contains performance parameters based on data volume, on-site processing statistics and operational compliance issues. Tables L1 and L2 contain information about Lunar Laser Ranging during the past year. Table 2 contains performance parameters based on various Analysis Centers' rapid orbital analysis results.

A blank in any column in any of the tables implies either that there was no data or that there was insufficient data.

Below are the detailed descriptions of each column in Table 1 plots of the columns are linked in this description and in Table 1:

  • Column 1 is the station location name.
  • Column 2 is the monument marker number.
  • Column 3 is the LEO pass total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 4 is the LAGEOS and LARES pass total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 5 is the high satellite pass total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 6 is the pass total (i.e., all satellites) during the past 12 months.
  • Column 7 is the LEO NP total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 8 is the LAGEOS and LARES NP total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 9 is the high satellite NP total during the past 12 months.
  • Column 10 is the NP total (i.e., all satellites) during the past 12 months.
  • Column 11 is the total tracking minutes (i.e., all satellites) during the past 12 months. This is computed by the summation of the number of normal points multiplied by its bin size in minutes.
  • Column 12 is the average single-shot calibration RMS, in millimeters, during the last quarter.
  • Column 13 is the average single-shot Starlette RMS, in millimeters, during the last quarter.
  • Column 14 is the average single-shot LAGEOS RMS, in millimeters, during the last quarter.

The first entry in each table is for the performance baseline goal. Note: There are no baseline goals for NP data quantities, single shot RMSs.

Additional Notes: Only stations that have supplied data within the last year are included in the table. The table is sorted in descending order by total passes.

The data used to generate these tables can be downloaded as CSV files by clicking on the "Download table data" button.


Table 1: Station performance parameters based on data volume, on-site processing statistics and operational compliance issues

Site Information Data Volume Data Quality
Column 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Station
Location
Station
Number
LEO pass
Tot
LAGEOS
and LARES
pass Tot
High pass
Tot
Total
passes
LEO NP
Total
LAGEOS
and LARES
NP Total
High NP
Total
Total
NP
Minutes of
Data
Cal.
RMS
Star
RMS
LAG
RMS
Baseline 2300 600 3000 3500
Yarragadee709018057286761972712127907926474305103360632712182.84.84.7
Changchun72379076125757781611112416510100264891607541805616.19.111.4
Zimmerwald_53278109473199437701523715306524015119991890791358226.89.511.9
Herstmonceux7840634512873173108058209315302104731078681018333.98.510.4
Wettzell_SOSW782741511075463098563712163171195655394824978.412.111.9
Potsdam_3784158241163244494318308993248492100905761111.75.16.5
Kunming78193502710453387453900335611056153125708265.210.910.3
Mount_Stromlo_278256198115212228572834298200484296471622823.24.77.1
Matera_MLRO794150951742119280294328515166753065981878991.02.52.8
Wettzell88344462122622157903489379978912468039778612.98.07.9
Shanghai_2782135838593425786728773755115356516801026106.87.27.0
Graz78393619768325776446852068141373389067985212.43.55.0
Greenbelt71055694909923752698366110144016113396596522.26.58.3
Monument_Peak711057526635846999921396037140099576387773.16.58.2
Arequipa7403457326004833448311378046209152634.57.010.4
Hartebeesthoek_HARL750130847348914709436747068483455576469323.06.47.6
Simeiz1873237839843832142381424091910281331779314.913.415.8
Haleakala7119242446202886368184582041400168152.66.69.2
Katzively189324444326288231169306828342651306725.242.528.1
Beijing7249143530210572794112501807378416841252427.812.616.0
Badary1890161651256026881365728181592180671654435.836.5
Hartebeesthoek_HRTL7503124740166023081249324682705176662211829.328.727.7
Grasse_MEO78454556201009208441618093455816812451269.014.115.0
Altay187958275165019839771755499277242795729.4
Irkutsk1891123126824717468122131858810028762240.530.134.2
Komsomolsk186825237143416963281511500068392757429.9
Simosato78381252289151556122772381801473882508.68.913.6
Arkhyz1886515299721153536411852300584981938832.229.8
Borowiec7811113520272140917946184933520130858413.218.117.5
Wuhan73966571815561394647313382217100281531110.010.58.8
Svetloe18887642902031257608918395858513759225.032.8
San_Fernando7824718182090054236730609627396.311.218.4
Kiev1824828430871720828707495260511.025.531.0
Riga1884560139127826970614988571206187827.08.710.5
Baikonur188702365127480107713582435894432.3
Brasilia740715112341568979147513702636804329.418.224.3
Mendeleevo1874826612026810067283412075336832.926.125.7
Sejong739492282122170728818201311533.88.711.9
Tanegashima7358562608241118805993661.43.74.6

Below are the detailed descriptions of each column in Tables L1 and L2:

  • the first column, L1, is the station location name.
  • the second column, L2, is the monument marker number.
  • the third column, L3, is the wavelength.
  • the fourth column, L4, is the number of passes during the past 12 months.
  • the fifth column, L5, is the number of Lunar Laser Ranging normal points during the past 12 months
  • the sixth, ninth, twelfth, fifteenth, and eighteenth columns, L6, L9, L12, L15, L18, are the number of passes taken, specific to a retroreflector, during the past 12 months in which there were Lunar ranging measurements.
  • the seventh, tenth, thirteenth, sixteenth, and nineteenth columns, L7, L10, L13, L16, L19 are the number of normal points taken, specific to a retroreflector, during the past 12 months
  • the eighth, eleventh, fourteenth, seventeenth, and twentieth columns, L8, L11, L14, L17, L20 are the average Lunar Laser Ranging normal points rms 12 months in mm for a specific retroreflector

Table L1: Lunar Laser Ranging information during the past year

Last 12 months All reflectors Apollo-11 Apollo-14 Apollo-15 Luna-17 Luna-21
Column L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20
Station Location Station number λ Passes NPTs Passes NPTs RMS Passes NPTs RMS Passes NPTs RMS Passes NPTs RMS Passes NPTs RMS
Grasse_MEO78451064.0767524812923.114311221.797224234.895015417.634311519.27
Grasse_MEO7845532.05302215.353819.2751443.483614.13
Matera_MLRO7941532.022536639.687947.58183644.562216.50
Wettzell88341064.07541215.652628.47138.034438.08

Table L2: Lunar Laser Ranging information during the past 3 months

Last 3 months All reflectors Apollo-11 Apollo-14 Apollo-15 Luna-17 Luna-21
Column L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L10 L11 L12 L13 L14 L15 L16 L17 L18 L19 L20
Station Location Station number λ Passes NPTs Passes NPTs RMS Passes NPTs RMS Passes NPTs RMS Passes NPTs RMS Passes NPTs RMS
Grasse_MEO78451064.066651423.463723.3051635.9241219.2561714.38
Matera_MLRO7941532.010224443.383455.3871352.251126.80

Below are the detailed descriptions of each column in Table 2:

  • the first column is the station location name.
  • the second column is the monument marker number.
  • following columns are in grouped by analysis center with four columns for each
    • the first AC column is the average LAGEOS normal point RMS, in millimeters, during the last 3 months
    • the second AC column is the measure of short term bias stability, in millimeters, during the last 3 months. The short term stability is computed as the standard deviation about the mean of the pass-by-pass range biases (minimum number of passes in the last 3 months is 10)
    • the third AC column is the measure of long term bias stability, in millimeters, during the past year. The long term stability is the standard deviation of the monthly range bias estimates. A station must have tracked LAGEOS (1,2) in at least 8 of the last 12 months in order to compute this metric.
    • the fourth AC column is the percentage of LAGEOS normal points that were accepted in the analysis.

The first entry in each table is for the performance baseline goal.

Additional Notes: Only stations that have supplied data within the last year are included in the table. The table is sorted in descending order by total data volume.

Table 2: Performance parameters based on various Analysis Centers' rapid orbital analysis results.

Site Information DGFI Orbital Analysis Hitotsubashi Univ.
Orbital Analysis
JCET
Orbital Analysis
MCC Orbital Analysis SHAO Orbital Analysis
Station
Location
Station
Number
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
LAG
NP
RMS
(mm)
short
term
(mm)
long
term
(mm)
%
good
LAG.
NP
Baseline 10.0 20.0 10.0 95 10.0 20.0 10.0 95 10.0 20.0 10.0 95 10.0 20.0 10.0 95 10.0 20.0 10.0 95
Kiev18243.4
Komsomolsk18683.717.915.51003.628.317.6953.218.115.5981.921.711.994
Simeiz187328.849.916.9983.848.49.95622.046.714.2877.835.029.859
Mendeleevo18745.114.57.51004.615.117.2915.88.04.917.611.695
Altay18793.423.020.01003.023.422.3993.222.921.0992.126.814.296
Riga18843.228.328.41004.340.829.27610.240.029.8987.637.229.794
Arkhyz18864.132.06.61003.535.810.5913.524.65.9972.633.610.495
Baikonur18876.818.012.91003.619.416.7905.713.18.8955.219.918.597
Svetloe18885.48.18.01003.615.37.3935.218.78.3972.822.47.694
Zelenchukskaya18897.7
Badary18905.714.58.91003.514.88.3964.912.74.9973.127.18.494
Irkutsk18915.013.17.91003.814.58.3875.913.66.1943.0
Katzively18938.924.316.1984.225.513.17710.117.910.9908.421.411.594
Yarragadee70901.56.21.61002.110.91.91002.419.52.1991.211.42.195
Greenbelt71051.75.11.41002.49.13.9992.316.02.3991.813.92.595
Monument_Peak71102.79.73.11002.712.74.5983.69.54.0981.617.44.896
Haleakala71192.112.43.1992.415.73.7974.629.84.9992.126.29.994
Tahiti71242.76.71002.89.798
Changchun72373.214.59.91003.518.010.1964.817.78.7973.019.49.295
Beijing72498.519.14.91004.315.211.8896.120.39.5964.622.38.492
Sejong73941.82.01.22.0
Wuhan73963.38.52.310.919.7964.314.50.010.6
Arequipa74032.67.25.6992.912.69.4968.037.11.847.011.670
Brasilia74073.317.15.21002.734.217.8953.427.313.5992.233.2
Hartebeesthoek_HARL75011.79.22.91002.114.65.8992.622.63.3991.417.55.796
Hartebeesthoek_HRTL75035.519.25.31004.123.24.0895.929.88.999
Zimmerwald_53278101.55.21.51001.79.42.61003.214.02.0961.111.31.796
Borowiec78113.514.58.71003.117.67.6983.914.64.01002.419.811.095
Kunming78193.324.413.0993.322.014.1973.722.78.599
Shanghai_278211.010.53.31001.312.07.9991.623.44.6990.816.55.592
San Fernando78242.012.55.31001.716.58.9992.10.0
Mount_Stromlo_278252.14.71.61002.311.46.11002.716.22.3971.212.72.195
Wettzell_SOSW78272.710.01.41002.114.24.6986.114.54.8950.79.3
Simosato78387.514.617.91003.721.316.6904.518.621.4994.830.919.592
Graz78390.93.91.21000.98.72.51002.411.82.2960.410.72.096
Herstmonceux78401.13.90.81001.47.21.41002.29.81.8990.710.21.397
Potsdam_378411.49.43.01001.211.53.31001.415.43.3990.913.94.797
Grasse_MEO78452.96.32.71003.212.03.3993.210.83.0972.49.62.295
Matera_MLRO79410.84.61.41001.19.42.11001.514.32.21000.615.02.496
Wettzell88341.13.90.91001.19.12.11000.613.22.597