[IGSMAIL-7297] Celebrating 40 years of LAGEOS

[Noll, Carey E. (GSFC-6901)]

Author: Stephen Merkowitz/NASA GSFC

Friends of LAGEOS and Space Geodesy,

LAGEOS was launched on May 4, 1976. To celebrate 40 years of “operations,” tracking, and science we are holding an event on May 11 at NASA GSFC. If any of our colleagues are in the Washington D.C. area we would welcome your attendance at this celebration of LAGEOS and its contribution to scientific research. The event will be held at NASA GSFC in Building 34, Room W150. Talks will be from 2:00 to 4:00 PM followed by a social hour. The speakers are:

- Dave Smith (MIT)
- Mike Fitzmaurice (retired GSFC)
- Mike Pearlman (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)
- Erricos Pavlis (UMBC)
- Frank Lemoine (GSFC)

We will have a number of LAGEOS items on display, including the LAGEOS test sector and a replica of the Sagan plaque.

If you are interested in attending, please contact Diana Khachadourian <diana.khachadourian at nasa.gov> and she will arrange for a visitors badge.    

Regards,
Stephen and Carey.
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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 Observations

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