International Laser Ranging Service

SLR Related Publications for 2017

Anderson, J. et al., Sub-nanosecond ground-to-space clock synchronization for nanosatellites using pulsed optical links, Advances in Space Research, Available online 27 June 2017, DOI: https://dx.oi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.06.032

Belli, Alexandre, (2017). "Optical space time transfer (mission T2L2/Jason-2): applications and impacts in geodesy", Ph.D. Thesis, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France. URL: https://theses.hal.science/tel-01862689v1

Blevins, S., Hayes, L., Collado-Vega, Y., Michael, P., Noll, C., Survey of localized solar flare signatures in the ionosphere with GNSS, VLF, and GOES observations (poster), presented at the Fall American Geophysical Union meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA, December 11-15, 2017

Ciocci E., Martini M., Contessa S., Porcelli L., Mastrofini M., Currie D., Delle Monache G., Dell’Agnello S., (2017). Performance analysis of next-generation lunar laser retroreflectors, Adv. Space Res., 60(6), 1300–1306, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.06.005

Courde, C. et al., Lunar laser ranging in infrared at the Grasselaser station, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 602, A90,2017, DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201628590.

Djachkov M.V., Litvak M.L., Mitrofanov I.G., Sanin A.B. (2017). "Selection of Luna-25 Landing Sites in the South Polar Region of the Moon", Solar System Research, 51(3), 185-195, doi: 10.1134/S0038094617030029

Exertier, P., Belli, A., Lemoine, J.M., Time biases in Laser Ranging observations: a concerning issue of Space Geodesy, Advances in Space Research, Available online 17 May 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.05.016

Glaser S, König R, Ampatzidis D, Nilsson T, Heinkelmann R, Flechner F, Schuh H (2017), A Global Terrestrial Reference Frame from simulated VLBI and SLR data in view of GGOS, Journal of Geodesy, DOI: 10.1007/s00190-017-1021-2.

Gurzadyan V.G., Ciufolini I., Paolozzi A. et al. (2017). "Satellites testing general relativity: Residuals versus perturbations", International Journal of Physics D., 26(5), doi: 10.1142/S0218271817410206

Humbert, L., Hasenohr, T., Hampf, D., Riede, W., Design and commissioning of a transportable laser ranging station STAR-C, Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, Wailea, Hawaii, September 19-22, 2017.

Kehm, A., Bloßfeld, M., Pavlis, E. C., Seitz, F., Future global SLR network evolution and its impact on the terrestrial reference frame. Journal of Geodesy, http://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1083-1, 2017.

Koshkin N., Shakun L., Burlak N., Korobeynikova E., Strakhova S., Melikyants S., Terpan S., Ryabov, A., (2017). Ajisai spin-axis precession and rotation-period variations from photometric observations, Adv. Space Res., 60(7), 1389-1399, doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.06.045

Kucharski, D. et al., Photon Pressure Force on Space Debris TOPEX/Poseidon Measured by Satellite Laser Ranging, Earth and Space Science, Volume 4, Issue 10, pages 661–668, October 2017. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017EA000329.

Kucharski D., Kirchner G., Lachut M., et al. (2017). "Spin-up of space debris caused by solar radiation pressure", Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Space Debris, Darmstadt, Germany, 18-21 April 2017. (URL: https://conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/proceedings/sdc7/paper/395/SDC7-paper395.pdf)

Liang Y., Murphy T.W., Colmenares N.R., Battat, J.B.R., (2017), APOLLO clock performance and normal point corrections, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(24), 245009, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aa953c

Liu J.C., Capitaine N., (2017). Evaluation of a possible upgrade of the IAU 2006 precession, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 597, A83, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628717

Lucchesi, D.M., Anselmo, L., Bassan, M., Pardini, C., Peron, R., Pucacco, G., Visco, M., Testing gravitation with satellite laser ranging and the LARASE experiment, in The Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting On Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics, and Relativistic Field Theories (in 4 Volumes), The Fourteenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting: pp. 3612-3626., 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813226609_0470

Michael, P. and Noll, C. Supporting GGOS Through NASA’s Archive of Space Geodesy Data and Products (poster), presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, April 24-28, 2017, Abstract No. EGU2017-10698

Montenbruck, O., Steigenberger, P., Prange, L., Deng, Z., Zhao, Q., Perosanz, F., Romero, I., Noll, C., Stürze, A., Weber, G., Schmid, R., MacLeod, K., Schaer, S., The Multi-GNSS Experiment (MGEX) of the International GNSS Service (IGS) – Achievements, Prospects and Challenges, Advances in Space Research, Available online 17 January 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2017.01.011

Noll, C., Michael, P., Woo, J., Limbacher, R., NASA CDDIS: Next generation system, (poster), presented at the Fall American Geophysical Union meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA, December 11-15, 2017

Paolozzi A., Paris C., Sindoni G. et al. (2017). "Data efficiency for the satellite LARES," Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Milan, Italy, 2017, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/EEEIC.2017.7977819

Pardini, C., Anselmo, L., Lucchesi, D.M., Peron, R., "On the secular decay of the LARES semi-major axis," Acta Astronautica, 140, pp.469–477, 2017, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.09.012.

Pavlis E.C., Sindoni G., Paolozzi A. et al. (2017). "El Niño effects on earth rotation parameters from LAGEOS and LARES orbital analysis," Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Milan, Italy, 2017, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/EEEIC.2017.7977821

Pavlis, E. C., Pearlman, M. R., Noll, C. E., Combrinck, L., Bianco, G. "Report of the International Association of Geodesy 2015-2017: International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS)", 2017.

Pearlman, M., Noll, C., The GGOS Bureau of Networks and Observations (poster), presented at the IAG and IASPEI Joint Scientific Assembly, Kobe, Japan, July 30 - August 04, 2017

Pearlman M., Noll, C., Ma, C., Pavlis, E., Neilan, R., Saunier, J., Schoene, T., Barzaghi, R., Thaller, D., Bergstrand, S., Mueller, J., The GGOS Bureau of Networks & Observations: An Update on the Space Geodesy Network & the New Implementation Plan for 2017-2018 (poster), presented at European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, April 24-28, 2017, Abstract No. EGU2017-10698

Porcelli, L., et al., "Thermo-optical vacuum testing of IRNSS laser retroreflector array qualification model", Advances in Space Research, Vol. 60, No. 5, Pp. 1054-1061, September, 2017, URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117717303411.

Prochazka, I., Kodet, J., Blazej, J., Kirchner, G., Koidl, F., Wang, P., Identification and calibration of one-way delays in satellite laser ranging systems, Advances in Space Research, Available online 6 March 2017, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.02.027

Rajaiah K., Manamohan K., Nirmala S., Ratnakara S.C. (2017). "Modified empirical Solar Radiation Pressure model for IRNSS constellation", Adv. Space Res., 60(10), 2146-2154, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2017.08.020

Riepl S., Eckl J., Sproll F., et al. (2017). "First results from an accurate orbit determination with laser tracking of uncooperative targets", Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Space Debris, Darmstadt, Germany, 18-21 April 2017. (URL: https://conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/proceedings/sdc7/paper/306/SDC7-paper306.pdf)

Rudenko, S., Neumayer, K.-H., Dettmering, D., Esselborn, S., Schöne, T., Raimondo, J.-C. (2017), Improvements in precise orbits of altimetry satellites and their impact on mean sea level monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2017.2670061.

Steindorfer M.A., Kirchner G, Koidl F., Wang P. and Kucharski D. (2017). "Space debris science at the satellite laser ranging station Graz," Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2017 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Milan, Italy, 2017, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/EEEIC.2017.7977641

Talpe, Mathieu J. (2017). "Extending the Record of Time-Variable Gravity by Combining GRACE and Conventional Tracking Data", Ph.D. Thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. URL: https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/xk81jk612

Talpe M.J., Nerem R.S., Forootan E., Schmidt M., Lemoine F.G., Enderlin E.M., Landerer F.W., (2017). Ice mass change in Greenland and Antarctica between 1993 and 2013 from satellite gravity measurements, J. Geodesy, 91(11), 1283-1298, doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00190-017-1025-y.

Virtanen J., Raja-Halli A., Näräen J. and Poutanen M. (2017). "Preparing the new 2 kHZ satellite laser ranging system for space debris observations in Finland", Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Space Debris, Darmstadt, Germany, 18-21 April 2017. (URL: https://conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/proceedings/sdc7/paper/747/SDC7-paper747.pdf)

Viswanathan, Vishnu (2017). "Improving the dynamical model of the Moon using lunar laser ranging and spacecraft data". Ph.d thesis, Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France. URL: https://theses.hal.science/tel-01792665v1

Wagner R.V., Nelson D.M. Plescia J.B., Robinson M.S., Speyerer E.J., Mazarico E., (2017). Coordinates of anthropogenic features on the Moon, Icarus, 283, 92-103, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.011

Zajdel R., Sośnica K., Bury G., A New Online Service for the Validation of Multi-GNSS Orbits Using SLR, Remote Sensing, Vol. 9 (10) No. 1049, Basel, Switzerland, 2017, pp. 1-22, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9101049

Zelensky, N.P., Lemoine, F.G., Beckley, B.D.,Chinn, D.S., Pavlis, E.P., "Impact of ITRS 2014 Realizations on Altimeter Satellite Precise Orbit Determination", (2017), Adv. Space Res., In Press, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2017.07.044

Zhongping Z., Huarong D., Kai T., Zhibo W. and Haifeng Z. (2017). "Development of Laser Measurement to Space Debris at Shanghai SLR Station", Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Space Debris, Darmstadt, Germany, 18-21 April 2017. (URL: https://conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/proceedings/sdc7/paper/255/SDC7-paper255.pdf)