Welcome to LNF and ITLW-12

Graham Appleby

Chairman, ILRS Governing Board, UK

GAPP@nerc.ac.uk

a

s

p

1. Historical Overview and Path to Present Day Requirements

Michael Pearlman

Center for Astrophysics, USA

mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu

a

s

p

2. Laser Ranging: Scientific Accomplishments of the Past and Requirements for the Future

Erricos Pavlis

GEST/UMBC, USA

epavlis@umbc.edu

a

s

p

3. A Tutorial on Retroreflectors and Arrays for SLR

John Degnan,

Sigma Space Corporation, USA

john.degnan@sigmaspace.com

a

s

p

1. Introductory talk

Matt Wilkinson,

SGF Herstmonceux, UK

matwi@nerc.ac.uk

a

s

p

2. NGSLR's measurement of the retro-reflector array response of various LEO to GNSS satellites

Jan McGarry¹, Christopher Clarke, John Degnan², Howard Donovan³, Benjamin Han, Julie Horvath4, Thomas Zagwodzki5

¹NASA-GSFC, USA

²Sigma Space Corporation, USA

³HTSI - NASA NGSLR, USA

⁴NASA / Honeywell, USA

⁵ Cybioms Corporation, USA

Jan.McGarry@nasa.gov

a

s

p

3. Performance and Prediction of SLR Tracking on Regional GNSS Constellations

Mark Davis

US Naval Research Lab, USA

mark.davis@nrl.navy.mil

a

s

p

4. SLR energy density modelled and measured at Jason-2 and at the Herstmonceux station

Matthew Wilkinson¹, Jose Rodriguez, Pierre Exertier

¹SGF Herstmonceux, UK

matwi@nerc.ac.uk.

a

s

p

5. Current performances and developments of MeO laser station

Clément Courde,

OCA, 2130 Route de l'Observatoire, Caussols, France

clement.courde@oca.eu

a

s

p

6. Linear Polarization Issues for Laser Ranging to Uncoated Retro-Reflectors

Kirchner Georg

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

Georg.Kirchner@oeaw.ac.at

a

s

p

7. Divergence Estimation Procedure and Calculation (POSTER)

Ray Burris, Mark Davis, Linda Thomas, Dave Huber

U.S Naval Research Laboratory

ray.burris@nrl.navy.mil

a

s

p