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ILRS Mission Priorities as of August 26, 2013

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 CryoSat-2 cryosat2 1001301 8006 ESA 720 92  
4 TanDEM-X tandemx 1003001 6202 Infoterra/ DLR/GFZ/CSR 514 98 Tandem with TerraSAR-X
5 TerraSAR-X terrasarx 0702601 6201 Infoterra/ DLR/GFZ/CSR 514 97.44 Tandem with TanDEM-X
6 STSAT-2C stsat2c 1300301 3804 MEST, KAIST 300 - 1500 80  
7 STPSat-2 stpsat2 1006201 1075 AFRL 650 72  
8 KOMPSAT-5 kompsat5 1304201 3803 KARI 550 96.7  
9 RadioAstron radioastro 1103701 5559 Lavochkin Association 500-350,000 51.4 Campaign tracking with specific stations
10 SARAL saral 1300901 3201 CNES and ISRO 814 98.55  
11 HY-2A hy2a 1104301 2201 China 971 99.35  
12 Jason-2 jason2 0803201 1025 NASA, CNES, Eumetsat, NOAA 1,336 66.0 Tandem with Jason-1
13 Larets larets 0304206 5557 IPIE 691 98.204  
14 Starlette starlette 7501001 1134 CNES 815-1,100 49.8  
15 Stella stella 9306102 0643 CNES 815 98.6  
16 LARES lares 1200601 5987 ASI 1,450 69.5  
17 LAGEOS-2 lageos2 9207002 5986 ASI/NASA 5,625 52.6  
18 LAGEOS-1 lageos1 7603901 1155 NASA 5,850 109.8  
19 Etalon-1 etalon1 8900103 0525 Russia 19,100 65.3  
20 Etalon-2 etalon2 8903903 4146 Russia 19,100 65.2  
21 Ajisai ajisai 8606101 1500 JAXA 1,485 50  
22 QZS-1 qzs1 1004501 1581 JAXA 32,000-40,000 45 WPLTN tracking only
23 Beacon-C beaconc 6503201 0317 NASA 950-1300 41 Upgraded from a campaign to
ongoing mission (Jan 2002)
24 Envisat envisat 0200901 6179 ESA 796 98.6  
25 COMPASS-M3 compassm3 1201801 2004 China 21,528 55,0  
26 COMPASS-I3 compassi3 1101301 2003 China 42,161 55.6  
27 COMPASS-I5 compassi5 1107301 2005 China 42,161 55.6  
28 COMPASS-G1 compassg1 1000101 2002 China 42,163 1.53  
29 GLONASS-129 glonass129 1106402 9129 Russia 19,100 65 Replaced GLONASS-127 (23-Oct-2012)
30 GLONASS-130 glonass130 1107101 9130 Russia 19,100 65 Replaced GLONASS-125 (13-Mar-2012)
31 GLONASS-102 glonass102 0606201 9102 Russia 19,100 65 Replaced GLONASS-89 (04-May-2007)
32 GPS-36 gps36 9401601 3636 US DoD 20,100 55.0  
33 Galileo-104 galileo104 1205502 7104 ESA 23,220 56 Tracking campaign
34 Galileo-103 galileo103 1205501 7103 ESA 23,220 56 Tracking campaign
35 GIOVE-A giovea 0505101 7001 ESA 23,916 56  
36 Galileo-101 galileo101 1106001 7101 ESA 23,220 56  
37 Galileo-102 galileo102 1106002 7102 ESA 23,220 56  
38 GLONASS-109 glonass109 0706503 9109 Russia 19,100 65  
39 GLONASS-110 glonass110 0804601 9110 Russia 19,100 65  
40 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