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ILRS Annual Report For 2002
This 2002 volume is the third published Annual Report
for the International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS). With this year’s
report, we have chosen a different format, concentrating on achievements
and work in progress rather than ILRS organizational elements.
The 2002 ILRS Annual Report is structured as follows:
- Section 1,
ILRS Organization, reviews the service and its role in space
geodesy.
- Section 2, ILRS Tracking Network, provides the current
status and recent performance statistics of the international
stations supporting the ILRS and offers a perspective on site
surveys and system collocations. An update on field engineering
activities is also provided
- Section 3, ILRS Missions and Campaigns, gives information
about many of the current and future missions supported by
the ILRS.
- Section 4, Infrastructure, details recent activities
tackled by the ILRS Central Bureau, including web site improvements
and data center developments.
- Section 5, Tracking Procedures and Data Flow, discusses
satellite predictions, ILRS tracking priorities, recent developments
in the area of dynamic priorities, and the flow of on-site
normal points and full-rate data.
- Section 6, Emerging Technologies, includes information
about high repletion rate lasers and systems, detectors, timers
and frequency standards, multi-wavelength ranging, and other
hardware that will help advance the accuracy and automation of
laser ranging systems. Also included are new applications for
the SLR technique.
- Section 7, Analysis Pilot Projects, reviews the recent
developments in the ILRS Analysis Working Group including the
three pilot projects begun in 2002, Computation of Stations Positions
and EOPs, Orbits, and Software Benchmarking.
- Section 8, Modeling, discusses recent advancements
in refraction modeling and satellite center of mass corrections.
- Section
9, Science Coordination, examines the ILRS role in the ITRF,
its synergy with the other geodetic techniques, and some interesting
applications for both SLR and LLR.
- Section 10, Meetings and Reports,
reviews ILRS-related meetings in 2002 and reports issued by
the service.
- Section 11, Bibliography, lists some of the papers
and presentations about SLR and LLR science and technology
made during 2002.
- Section 12, ILRS Information, lists organizations
participating in the ILRS and defines various acronyms used
in this annual report.
Available Files
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