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ILRS Mission Priorities (26-Sep-2008)

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 CHAMP champ 0003902 8002 GFZ 429-474 87.27  
3 TerraSAR-X terrasarx 0702601 6201 Infoterra/ DLR/GFZ/CSR 514 97.44  
4 GFO-1 gfo1 9800701 8501 US Navy 790 108.0 altimetry/no other tracking technique
5 Envisat envisat 0200901 6179 ESA 796 98.6 tandem with ERS-2
6 ERS-2 ers2 9502101 6178 ESA 800 98.6 tandem with Envisat
7 Jason-1 jason1 0105501 4378 NASA/CNES 1,350 66.0  
8 Jason-2 jason2 0803201 1025 NASA, CNES, Eumetsat, NOAA 1,336 66.0 tandem with Jason-1
9 OICETS oicets 0503101 1578 JAXA 610 97.83 new campaign
10 Larets larets 0304206 5557 IPIE 691 98.204  
11 Starlette starlette 7501001 1134 CNES 815-1,100 49.8  
12 Stella stella 9306102 0643 CNES 815 98.6  
13 Ajisai ajisai 8606101 1500 JAXA 1,485 50  
14 LAGEOS-2 lageos2 9207002 5986 ASI/NASA 5625 52.6  
15 LAGEOS-1 lageos1 7603901 1155 NASA 5850 109.8  
16 Beacon-C beaconc 6503201 317 NASA 950-1300 41 upgraded from a campaign to
ongoing mission (Jan 2002)
17 GIOVE-B gioveb 0802001 7002 ESA 29,601 56  
18 Etalon-1 etalon1 8900103 0525 Russia 19,100 65.3  
19 Etalon-2 etalon2 8903903 4146 Russia 19,100 65.2  
20 GLONASS-99 glonass99 0505002 9099 Russia 19,100 65 replaced GLONASS-87 (12-Jan-2007)
21 GLONASS-109 glonass109 0706503 9109 Russia 19,100 65 replaced GLONASS-95 (28-May-2008)
22 GLONASS-102 glonass102 0606201 9102 Russia 19,100 65 replaced GLONASS-89 (04-May-2007)
23 GPS-35 gps35 9305401 3535 US DoD 20,100 54.2  
24 GPS-36 gps36 9401601 3636 US DoD 20,100 55.0  
25 GIOVE-A giovea 0505101 7001 ESA 29,601 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