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ILRS Mission Priorities as of September 06, 2010

Priority Mission ILRS
Name		 COSPAR
ID		 SIC Sponsor Altitude
(km)		 Inclination
(degrees)		 Comments
1 GOCE goce 0901301 0499 ESA 295 96.7  
2 GRACE-A/B gracea
graceb		 0201201
0201202		 8003
8004		 GFZ/JPL 485-500 89 Tandem mission
3 CHAMP champ 0003902 8002 GFZ 429-474 87.27  
4 CryoSat-2 cryosat2 1001301 8006 ESA 720 92  
5 TanDEM-X tandemx 1003001 6202 Infoterra/ DLR/GFZ/CSR 514 98 Tandem with TerraSAR-X
6 TerraSAR-X terrasarx 0702601 6201 Infoterra/ DLR/GFZ/CSR 514 97.44 Tandem with TanDEM-X
7 Envisat envisat 0200901 6179 ESA 796 98.6 Tandem with ERS-2
8 ERS-2 ers2 9502101 6178 ESA 800 98.6 Tandem with Envisat

9

 BLITS blits 0904907 5558 Russia 832 98.77  
10 Jason-1 jason1 0105501 4378 NASA/CNES 1,350 66.0 Tandem with Jason-2
11 Jason-2 jason2 0803201 1025 NASA, CNES, Eumetsat, NOAA 1,336 66.0 Tandem with Jason-1
12 Larets larets 0304206 5557 IPIE 691 98.204  
13 Starlette starlette 7501001 1134 CNES 815-1,100 49.8  
14 Stella stella 9306102 0643 CNES 815 98.6  
15 Ajisai ajisai 8606101 1500 JAXA 1,485 50  
16 LAGEOS-2 lageos2 9207002 5986 ASI/NASA 5625 52.6  
17 LAGEOS-1 lageos1 7603901 1155 NASA 5850 109.8  
18 Beacon-C beaconc 6503201 317 NASA 950-1300 41 Upgraded from a campaign to
ongoing mission (Jan 2002)
19 Etalon-1 etalon1 8900103 0525 Russia 19,100 65.3  
20 Etalon-2 etalon2 8903903 4146 Russia 19,100 65.2  
21 COMPASS-M1 compassm1 0701101 2001 China 21,500 55.5  
22 GLONASS-115 glonass115 0806702 9115 Russia 19,100 65 Replaced GLONASS-99 (31-Mar-2009)
23 GLONASS-120 glonass120 1000702 9120 Russia 19,100 65 Replaced GLONASS-109 (06-Apr-2010)
24 GLONASS-102 glonass102 0606201 9102 Russia 19,100 65 Replaced GLONASS-89 (04-May-2007)
25 GPS-36 gps36 9401601 3636 US DoD 20,100 55.0  
26 GIOVE-A giovea 0505101 7001 ESA 23,916 56  
27 GIOVE-B gioveb 0802001 7002 ESA 23,916 56  
28 GLONASS-109 glonass109 0706503 9109 Russia 19,100 65  
29 GLONASS-110 glonass110 0804601 9110 Russia 19,100 65  
30 GLONASS-118 glonass118 0907003 9118 Russia 19,100 65  

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