[IGSMAIL-6620] Workshop on SLR Space Segment

[Carey Noll]

Dear Colleagues,

The International Laser Ranging Service, the Frascati National 
Laboratories of the INFN-LNF, and the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana invites 
interested parties to participate in the workshop on:

   "Satellite, Lunar, and Planetary Laser Ranging: Characterizing the 
    Space Segment"

at INFN in Frascati, Italy, November 5 - 9, 2012.

Topics to be included in the Workshop are:

   - SLR Applications
   - Array Performance
   - Satellite and Lunar Ranging Experience
   - Array Design Considerations and Optimization
   - Satellite Signatures
   - Satellites Center of Mass Determination
   - Laboratory Testing and Testing Procedures
   - Novel Array Designs
   - Commercially Available Hardware
   - In-space receivers and Transponders

A special session on the ASI-INFN ETRUSCO, focusing on the GNSS 
constellations will be held on November 7. The meeting will also include 
a tour of the INFN retroreflector test facilities.

ILRS Governing Board and Working Group meetings will be scheduled in 
conjunction with the Symposium.

More details on the program can be found at:

   http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/itlw2012_frascati_a1.pdf

and

   http://www.lnf.infn.it/conference/laser2012/

We look forward to seeing you in Frascati.

Mike Pearlman and Simone Dell'Agnello
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Ms. Carey Noll
Manager, Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau
Associate Director, GGOS Bureau for Networks and Communications

NASA GSFC
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