| Date: | 2001-08-22 06:20:00 | |
| Sender: | Mike Pearlman <###FROM###> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No. 803: Attention SLR Stations - LRE Campaign | |
| Author: | Mike Pearlman | |
| Content: | ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2001-08-22 06:20:00 UTC Message No. 803 ******************************************************************************** Author: Mike Pearlman Subject: Attention SLR Stations - LRE Campaign Dear Colleagues, The launch of the new satellite, the Laser Ranging Experiment (LRE) Payload is scheduled for August 25, 2001 between 04:00-09:00 UTC. The ILRS approved one-month tracking campaign will start immediately after launch. NASDA needs the normal point data or the optical bias data (if no SLR data is acquired) as soon as possible to refresh its predictions. Full rate data will be collected after the fact from those stations that can provide it. A detailed description of the LRE satellite and mission is available at the NASDA web site: http://god.tksc.nasda.go.jp/lr/lre.html Key mission parameters are given below. Prior to launch, preliminary orbit predictions will be made available by NASDA. These predictions will be distributed through the Prediction Exploder, the NASA Crustal Dynamics Data Center (CDDIS), and the European Data Center (EDC) for global access. Following launch, NASDA will update orbit predictions as new data are received from the SLR stations, including normal point data and/or optical tracking information. Use the template that was provided in SLR Electronic Mail Message number 0793 ”ILRS Readiness Test for H2A LRE” from Mike Pearlman on Friday, August 3, 01:02:10 CEST 2001 to notify NASDA and the ILRS of tracking success, especially if acquisition is only by optical tracking . NASDA has requested the full-rate data be supplied if it is available. If you are currently providing full-rate data to either the EDC or CDDIS, submit your full-rate data in the normal manner and NASDA will retrieve it from the data centers. If you produce full rate data but do not presently submit it, please mail your full-rate data directly to NASDA at the following address: lre_fr@guts.tksc.nasda.go.jp Subject line: [satellite name] fullrate [station name] e.g. LRE fullrate TATEYAMA NASDA will accept any data volume up to 1 Mbyte for each e-mail transaction. They prefer having the data embedded within the main text of the message. The CRL LRE Science Coordinator will contact those stations that do not submit full-rate data to seek some means of transfer. Please give this mission your full support. If you have any questions, please contact us at the ILRS Central Bureau. Best regards, Mike Pearlman Director, ILRS Central Bureau ******************************************************************************** |