Program
Abstracts, presentations, and posters, from the workshop are available in PDF format sorted by session; the program (at a glance / full booklet) is also available.
- Session 00: Welcome and Logistics, ILRS Governing Board Remarks. ILRS Central Bureau remarks
- Session 01: ILRS Contribution to TRF and EOP
- Session 02: Laser Ranging Applications for POD
- Session 03: Science Applications of SLR
- Sessoin 04: Errors in SLR: Detection, mitigaton, and modeling
- Session 05: Missions: Current and Future
- Session 06: Ground Network and Operations
- Session 07: Space Debris
- Session 08: Technologies and Developments
- Session 09: New Applications
- Session 10: Lunar Laser Ranging and Deep Space Missions
- Posters
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<<Author name(s)>>, <<Paper Title>>, <<Abstract Number>>, presented at the 22nd International Workshop on Laser Ranging, Guadalajara, Spain, November 07-11, 2022.
Monday, November 7: | |||||||
09:00 | Welcome and Logistics, ILRS Governing Board Remarks, ILRS Central Bureau remarks | ||||||
Session 1: ILRS Contribution to TRF and EOP Chairs: David Sarrocco and Mathis Bloßfeld |
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10:00 | S01-01 | ![]() |
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ITRF2020 and the ILRS contribution | Zuheir Altamimi | ||
10:15 | S01-02 | ![]() |
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DTRF2020: the ITRF 2020 realization of DGFI-TUM | Mathis Bloßfeld | ||
10:30 | S01-03 | ![]() |
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Enhanced ILRS analysis for ITRF2020 | Vincenza Luceri | |
10:45 | Coffee Break | ||||||
11:15 | S01-04 | ![]() |
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Some Aspects of BKG's SLR Contribution to ITRF2020 | Daniel Koenig | |
11:30 | S01-05 | ![]() |
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A Global SLR-only Reference Frame | David Sarrocco | |
11:45 | S01-06 | ![]() |
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Multi-satellite SLR solutions including LARES/LARES-2 SLR data | Linda Geisser | |
12:00 | S01-07 | ![]() |
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Determination and analysis of Herstmonceux geodetic heights for the period between 1984 and 2022 | Andreja Susnik | |
12:15 | S01-08 | ![]() |
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EOP Prediction with special focus on SLR | Sadegh Modiri | |
12:30 | S01-09 | ![]() |
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Height Determination for the most Accurate SLR Stations | Peter Dunn | ||
Session 2: Laser Ranging Applications for POD Chairs: Mathis Bloßfeld and David Sarrocco |
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12:45 | S02-01 | ![]() |
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A comparison of different ocean tides models | Julian Zeitlhöfler | ||
13:00 | Lunch Break | ||||||
14:30 | S02-02 | ![]() |
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Precise orbit determination of SLR and altimetry satellites using ITRS2020 realizations | Sergei Rudenko | ||
14:45 | S02-03 | ![]() |
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COST-G gravity field models: application in SLR orbit determination | Ulrich Meyer | ||
15:00 | S02-04 | ![]() |
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Thermal Thrust Perturbations, Spin evolution and the long-term behavior of LAGEOS II Semi-Major axis | David Lucchesi | ||
15:15 | S02-05 | ![]() |
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A new system-dependent SLR measurement correction function for TOPEX/Poseidon | Julian Zeitlhöfler | ||
15:30 | S02-06 | ![]() |
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SLR validation of IGS Galileo orbits derived in the framework of the ITRF2020 realization | Krzysztof Sośnica | ||
15:45 | S02-07 | ![]() |
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The ILRS Support to the Copernicus Sentinel-3 & -6 Missions | Jaime Fernández | ||
16:00 | Coffee break | ||||||
Session 3: Science Applications of SLR Chairs: Toshimichi Otsubo and José C. Rodríguez |
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16:30 | S03-01 | ![]() |
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A once in a lifetime experiment: SLR observations of the Apophis encounter Fri., April 13, 2029 | Jorge del Pino | |
16:45 | S03-02 | ![]() |
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The Galileo for Science project: Fundamental Physics and Technology development for the Constellations of Galileo satellites | Feliciana Sapio | ||
17:00 | S03-03 | ![]() |
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Relativistic Positioning as a complementary technique of LASER Ranging | Angelo Tartaglia | ||
17:15 | S03-04 | ![]() |
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Space Geodesy for the monitoring of Volcanoes and Surrounding Hills of Arequipa using the Arequipa Station as a reference | Pablo Yanyachi | ||
17:45 | Data Formats and Procedures Standing Committee Meeting | ||||||
19:00 | Ice Breaker at San José Center | ||||||
Tuesday, November 8: | |||||||
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Invited Talk: United Nations working to sustain geodesy | Nicholas Brown | |||
Session 4: Errors in SLR: Detection, mitigaton, and modeling Chairs: Toshimichi Otsubo and José C. Rodríguez |
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09:30 | S04-01 | ![]() |
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A tool for simulating SLR residuals - Placement of backup retroreflectors for future satellite missions | Michael A. Steindorfer | ||
09:45 | S04-02 | ![]() |
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Homogeneous formation of SLR Normal Point data | Linda Geisser | |
10:00 | S04-03 | ![]() |
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Novel Data Analysis Strategy at the SwissOGS Zimmerwald (7810) | Julian Rodriguez-Villamizar | |
10:15 | S04-04 | ![]() |
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Satellite Orientation effects on Centre of Mass Corrections | José C. Rodríguez | ||
10:30 | S04-05 | ![]() |
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Modeling NASA/SLR Multi-Photon Receive Energies | Van Husson | ||
10:45 | Coffee break | ||||||
11:15 | S04-06 | ![]() |
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Modeling ILRS Barometric Accuracies using the Vienna Mapping Function (VMF) | Van Husson | ||
11:30 | S04-07 | ![]() |
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Seasonal variations in the station ranging bias and tropospheric zenith delay in SLR | Minkang Cheng | |
11:45 | S04-08 | ![]() |
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Tropospheric delay modeling in SLR solutions based on numerical weather models and the estimation of tropospheric bias corrections | Mateusz Drożdżewsk | ||
12:00 | S04-09 | ![]() |
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Modeling of systematic effects in SLR observations to Swarm satellites for determination of global geodetic parameters | Dariusz Strugarek | ||
12:15 | S04-10 | ![]() |
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Systematic errors in Satellite Laser Ranging validations of microwave-based low Earth orbiter solutions | Daniel Arnold | ||
Session 5: Missions: Current and Future Chairs: Stephen M. Merkowitz and Robert Sherwood |
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12:30 | S05-01 | ![]() |
Galileo mission recent results, ongoing support and future launches | Francisco González | |||
12:45 | S05-02 | ![]() |
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Fundamental Physics results in testing Gravitation with Laser-Ranged satellites: the LARASE and SaToR-G experiments | David Lucchesi | ||
13:00 | Lunch break | ||||||
14:30 | S05-03 | ![]() |
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The LARES 2 satellite for testing general relativity successfully placed in orbit with VEGA C | Claudio Paris | ||
14:45 | S05-04 | ![]() |
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A simulation study for future geodetic satellite constellations | Joanna Najder | ||
15:00 | S05-05 | ![]() |
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SLR Contribution to the new Regional Navigation Satellite System of Korea | Jong Uk Park | ||
15:15 | S05-06 | ![]() |
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JAXA developed SLR Reflector Mt.FUJI and Technical Demonstration on HTV-X | Yuki Akiyama | |
15:30 | S05-07 | ![]() |
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Impact Analysis of Multiple LRR On-Board Future Copernicus CRISTAL Altimetry Mission | Jaime Fernández | ||
15:45 | S05-08 | ![]() |
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METRIC: a compact mission concept for upper atmosphere mapping, fundamental physics and geodesy | Roberto Peron | ||
16:00 | S05-09 | ![]() |
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Lunar Pathfinder Laser Retroreflector Array | Stephen M. Merkowitz | ||
16:15 | Coffee break | ||||||
16:30 | Posters and Sponsors | ||||||
17:45 | Networks and Engineering Standing Committee | ||||||
Wednesday, November 9: | |||||||
Session 6: Ground Network and Operations Chairs: Claudia Carabajal and Evan Hoffman |
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09:00 | S06-01 | ![]() |
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SLR-System Upgrade and Experiments at Zimmerwald | Pierre Lauber | ||
09:15 | S06-02 | ![]() |
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Validation of the ESA's IZN-1 station and overview of current station capabilities | Andrea Di Mira | ||
09:30 | S06-03 | ![]() |
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Current state of the contribution of ESA's Izana-1 station to the ILRS | Sven Bauer | ||
09:45 | S06-04 | ![]() |
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Development Status of JAXA's New SLR Station in Tsukuba | Takehiro Matsumoto | |
10:00 | S06-05 | ![]() |
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Yebes Laser Ranging Station (YLARA), development status 2022 | Beatriz Vaquero | ||
10:15 | S06-06 | ![]() |
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Barometer calibration at the SLR Riga 1884, current status | Kalvis Salmins | |
10:30 | Coffee Break | ||||||
11:15 | S06-07 | ![]() |
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Automatically and Consistently Detecting and Extracting SLR Measurements for Every Satellite Pass | Matthew Wilkinson | ||
11:30 | S06-08 | ![]() |
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Current Status and Plans for Test and Deployment of the First NASA SGSLR System | Jan McGarry | ||
11:45 | S06-09 | ![]() |
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Ny-Ålesund: New SLR Site in the Arctic at 79°N | Gøril M. Breivik | |
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Invited Talk: Radioastronomy at Yebes Observatory | Pablo de Vicente | |||
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Invited Talk: The International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry—status and prospects | Rüdiger Haas | |||
13:00 | Lunch break | ||||||
14:30 | Group photo | ||||||
15:00 | Yebes Observatory Tour | ||||||
19:00 | Paella dinner at the Observatory | ||||||
Thursday, November 10: | |||||||
Session 7: Space Debris Chairs: Michael Steindorfer and Emiliano Cordelli |
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Invited Talk: Space Debris - How can laser technology contribute to a sustainable solution for the further exploitation of space as a resource? | Tim Flohrer | |||
09:30 | S07-01 | ![]() |
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Space Debris Laser Ranging – Challenging and Rewarding – Update of the Izaña-1 station | Martin Ploner | |
09:45 | S07-02 | ![]() |
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European Expert Centre for Space Safety providing services and support for space surveillance and traffic management | Thomas Schildknecht | ||
10:00 | S07-03 | ![]() |
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Validation & Qualification of Space Debris Laser Systems at the Expert Centre for Space Safety | Julian Rodriguez-Villamizar | |
10:15 | S07-04 | ![]() |
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Laser ranging—Evolution towards active sensor networking for debris observation | Laura Aivar | ||
10:30 | S07-05 | ![]() |
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Space Debris: Extraction of the Rotational State from Multistatic Light Curves | Manik Reichegger | |
10:45 | Coffee break | ||||||
Session 8: Technologies and Developments Chairs: Michael Steindorfer and Matthew Wilkinson |
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11:15 | S08-01 | ![]() |
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The miniSLR®: A low-cost, high-performance laser ranging system for the ILRS | Daniel Hampf | |
11:30 | S08-02 | ![]() |
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State report of current developments for picosecond precision Time-of-Flight / Time-Tagging systems | Victors Kurtenoks | |
11:45 | S08-03 | ![]() |
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Day- and night-time SLR at MHz repetition rate in Graz | Peiyuan Wang | |
12:00 | S08-04 | ![]() |
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Degoras Project: A libre software and hardware for satellite laser ranging stations | Ángel Vera-Herrera | ||
12:15 | S08-05 | ![]() |
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Progress of Laser Time Transfer at Chinese Space Station | Zhibo Wu | |
12:30 | S08-06 | ![]() |
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Recent progress in SPAD detectors for SLR and laser time transfer | Ivan Prochazka | ||
12:45 | S08-07 | ![]() |
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New Pico Event Timer for space applications | Ivan Prochazka | ||
13:00 | Lunch break | ||||||
14:30 | S08-08 | ![]() |
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Two Color SLR at the WLRS – Scope & Limitations | Johann Eckl | ||
14:45 | S08-09 | ![]() |
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Progress on the implementation of two-color high count rate laser ranging at Grasse | Hervé Mariey | ||
15:00 | S08-10 | ![]() |
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Preliminary results of the new Event Timer with the IECS technologies | Kalvis Salmins | ||
15:15 | S08-11 | ![]() |
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Development and validation of object detection algorithm for robust video based laser safety system | Hrithik Pandey | ||
Session 9: New Applications Chairs: Clément Courde and Sven Bauer |
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15:30 | S09-01 | ![]() |
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Polarimetric satellite laser ranging | Nils Bartels | ||
15:45 | S09-02 | ![]() |
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Exploiting the synergy between optical two-way and microwave one-way ranging in a GNSS constellation: A simulation study | Anja Schlicht | |
16:00 | Coffee break | ||||||
16:30 | S09-03 | ![]() |
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Combination of Microwave and Optical Observations for minimizing Atmospheric induced variations in Parameter Estimation | Peter Vollmair | |
16:45 | S09-04 | ![]() |
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Satellite illumination for pointing and auto-tracking at Grasse station - France Station (ID7845) | Duy Ha Phung | ||
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Downlink communication experiments with OSIRISv1 laser terminal onboard Flying Laptop satellite at Grasse SLR/LLR station | Julien Chabé | |||
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System design and concept of small-size, low-cost, multi-purpose Omni-SLR System | Toshimichi Otsubo | ||
17:30 | Missions Standing Committee | ||||||
20:00 | Social Dinner: Quinta Hayara | ||||||
Friday, November 11: | |||||||
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Laser Safety at NASA's New Laser Ranging Stations | Evan Hoffman | ||
Session 10: Lunar Laser Ranging and Deep Space Missions Chairs: Clément Courde and Sven Bauer |
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Recent Developments of the Apache Point Lunar Laser Ranging Station | Nicholas R. Colmenares | |
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Deep-Space Synchronous Two-way Laser Ranging Experiment Using the LIDAR on board Hayabusa2 | Takahide Mizuno | |||
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Benefit of improved Lunar Laser Ranging data for the determination of Earth orientation parameters | Liliane Biskupek | |
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Uncertainty determination of Earth Rotation Parameters from LLR by parameter variation during data analysis | Vishwa Vijay Singh | ||
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Combination of Lunar Laser Ranging and Differential Lunar Laser Ranging | Mingyue Zhang | |||
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Paris Observatory Lunar Analysis Center: from LLR predictions to tests of fundamental Physics | Adrien Bourgoin | |
10:45 | Coffee break | ||||||
11:15 | ILRS SC summaries, Next conference, SLR Pioneer certificates, ILRS resolutions | ||||||
12:45 | Closing |
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