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Photos from ILRS website and courtesy of NASA, AFRL, AVISO, Ball Aerospace, CNES, EOS, ESA, GFZ, S. Grahn, IPIE, ISRO, JAXA, KAIST, KARI, Lavochkin Association, NOAA, NRL, SHAO, Stanford University, Stellenbosch University, USNO

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192,230 (38)

105,320 (28)

7,400 (46)

238,000 (28)

101,500 (21)

154,500 (22)

109,765 (14)

26,640 (10)

32,300 (25)

34,100 (25)

85,990 (18)

5,230 (4)

173,200 (21)

6,395 (2)

10,100 (20)

11,900 (21)

3,730 (5)

1,810 (4)

89,385 (12)

50 (2)

17,575 (10)

1,810 (2)

5,615 (10)

46,340 (11)

1,855 (2)

2,035 (3)

4,840 (3)

450 (1)

110 (1)

5,020 (8)

525 (3)

3,170 (2)

47,800 (11)

9,360 (7)

60,330 (12)

38,300 (12)

38,4550 (12)

14,900 (3)

20 (3)

12,950 (2)

140 (1)

1,670 (4)

15,800 (4)

20,200 (4)

585 (1)

10,255 (4)

720 (1)

4,120 (5)

58,050 (6)

3,610 (4)

25,100 (7)

10,900 (7)

780 (3)

155 (1)

22,200 (2)

665 (1)

6,660 (2)

5,400 (1)

1,510 (1)

760 (1)

315 (1)

165 (1)

175 (1)

80 (1)

150 (1)

760 (1)

40 (1)

2,225 (2)

2,655 (1)

2,435 (1)

155 (1)

Satellite Type: Geodetic Earth Sensing Navigation Space Science

Satellite Co-Location: GNSS Receiver DORIS Beacon PRARE Instrument Co-Located Instrument Failure

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10/22/2014

Satellite Laser Ranging Tracking Through the YearsCarey Noll

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA

3046

Satellites equipped with retrore�ectors have been tracked by laser systems since 1964. Satellite laser ranging supports a variety of geodetic, earth sensing, navigation, and space science applications. This poster will show the history of satellite laser ranging from the late 1960’s through the present and will include retro-equipped satellites on the horizon.