Subject: [SLR-Mail] No. 948: New Normal Point Requirments From: Mike Pearlman > ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 2002-05-22 00:31:00 UTC Message No. 948 ******************************************************************************** Author: Mike Pearlman Subject: New Normal Point Requirments Dear Colleague, The ILRS continues to strive for improvement in data reliability. At its meeting in Nice, the ILRS Governing Board adopted a minimum data requirement for SLR normal points. This requirement, adopted at the recommendation of the Networks and Engineering Working Group is as follows: Daytime normal points - minimum 6 data points Night time normal points - minimum 3 data points Fewer data points would be acceptable on lower satellites (5-second normal points) from those ranging systems with lower pulse repetition rates where these minimum requirements are not practical. Minutes from the Networks and Engineering Working Group Meeting and the Governing Board Meeting can be found on the ILRS web site. The ILRS stations are requested to adopt this minimum data policy immediately. Thank you for your cooperation and let me know if you have any questions regarding this new policy. Mike Pearlman Director ILRS Central Bureau Dr. Michael R. Pearlman Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St. Cambridge MA 02138 tel. (617) 495-7481 fax. (617) 496-0121 e-mail. mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu From: ”Mike Pearlman” ********************************************************************************