1. Introductory talk

Douglas Currie

University of Maryland, USA

currie@umd.edu

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2. Hollow Retroreflectors for Lunar Laser Ranging at Goddard Space Flight Center

Alix Preston, Stephen Merkowitz

NASA-GSFC, USA

alix.m.preston@nasa.gov

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3. Thermal Analysis of large Cube Corner Reflectors

D. Currie1, G. Delle Monache2, B. Behr1, S. Dell’Agnello2

1 University of Maryland, USA

2 INFN-LNF, Italy

currie@umd.edu

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4. SCF-Test of MoonLIGHT/LLRRA21, the Lunar Laser Ranging Retroreflector for the 21st Century

G. Delle Monache1, S. Dell’Agnello1, D. Currie2, R. Vittori3, C. Cantone1, A. Boni1, S. Berardi1, G. Patrizi1, C. Lops1, M. Maiello1, N. Intaglietta1, M. Tibuzzi1, M. Martini1, T. W. Murphy4, G. Bianco5, E. Ciocci1, L. Salvatori1

1 INFN-LNF, Italy

2 University of Maryland, USA

3 INFN-LNF, ESA, Aeronautica Militare Italiana

4 University of California at San Diego, USA

5 ASI-CGS, Italy

dellemon@lnf.infn.it

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5. Current and future status of the MeO LLR Station

Jean-Marie Torre

OCA, France

torre@oca.eu

1. Latest improvements of the MeO station

2. 2012 LLR statistics

3. Radioastron: 2011 and 2012 Results, difficulties and solutions

4. Perspectives of the future of the LLR station

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6. The LLR activity of MLRO

Pippo Bianco

ASI-GCS, Italy

Giuseppe.bianco@asi.it

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SESSION 6: RANGING EXPERIENCE ON THE LUNAR REFLECTORS

THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 9:00 – 10:45

Session Co-Chairs: Doug Currie and Pippo Bianco

SESSION 7: ARRAY AND CORNER CUBE MANUFACTURERS AND SPECIFICATIONS

& SPACE DEBRIS

THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 11:15 – 13:00

Session Co-Chairs: Scott Wetzel and Dominic Doyle

1. Introductory talk

Scott Wetzel

Honeywell, USA

scott.wetzel@honeywell.com

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2. Design and Manufacture of Laser Retro-reflector Arrays for LEO and HEO Satellites at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory

Zhang Haifeng, Zhang Zhongping, Chen Wanzhen,Wu Zhibo, Li Pu

Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China

zp@shao.ac.cn

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3. Increase of FFDP uniformity for flat CCRs-array (TIR) (on the example of GLONASS satellites)

M.A.Sadovnikov, V.B.Burmistrov, A.L.Sokolov, T.I.Khorosheva, N.M.Souzova, E.A.Nikolaev, V.V.Murashkin

OJC " RPC "Precision Systems and Instruments", Russia

alsokolov@bk.ru

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4. Laser ranging on space debris with the MeO station

Clément Courde,

OCA, France

clement.courde@oca.eu

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5. Laser Tracking of Space Debris at SLR Graz

Kirchner Georg

Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

Georg.Kirchner@oeaw.ac.at

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6. Preliminary results of satellite laser ranging based on a receiver of updated 1.56m telescope and a nearby 60cm SLR system as a transmitter (POSTER)

Wu Zhibo, Zhang Zhongping, Zhang Haifeng, Chen Juping, Li Pu

Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy if Sciences, China

10099134@163.com

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7. The Blue-Sky Effect (POSTER)

Krzysztof Sosnica

Astronomical Institute University of Bern, Switzerland

sosnica@aiub.unibe.ch

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8. Poster on new ILRS Website

Carey Noll

NASA-GSFC, USA

Carey.Noll@nasa.gov

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SESSION 8: NOVEL ARRAY DESIGNS

THURSDAY, NOV. 8, 14:30 – 16:00

Session Co-Chairs: Reinhart Neubert and Giovanni Delle Monache

1. Introductory talk (14:30-14:45)

Reinhart Neubert

GFZ Potsdam, Germany

neubr@gfz-potsdam.de

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2. Design, construction and SCF-Test of a prototype Galileo & GNSS Retroreflector Array of Hollow retroreflectors (GRA-H) (14:45-15:10)

Berardi S., Dell’Agnello S., Delle Monache G. O., Boni A., Cantone C., Garattini M., Lops, C., Martini M., Patrizi G., Tibuzzi M., Maiello M., Intaglietta N.

INFN-LNF, Italy

simone.berardi@lnf.infn.it

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3. Testing a 20 cm Diameter Open Reflector

Reinhart Neubert1, Ludwig Grunwaldt1, Andre Hamdorf1, Christian Schopf2, Engelbert Hofbauer2, Jost Munder3, Mark Herding3, Manfred Woche4, Jürgen Rendtel4

1 GFZ Potsdam, Germany

2 Fachhochschule Deggendorf, Germnay

3 SpaceTech GmbH Immenstaad, Germany

4 Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik (AIP) Potsdam, Germany

reinhart.neubert@web.de

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4. Prospects of laser retroreflector arrays in GLONASS 

M.A. Sadovnikov, V.D. Shargorodskiy, A.L. Sokolov

OJC «RPC «Precision Systems and Instruments», Russia

alsokolov@bk.ru

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5. Design, construction and optical test of a laser-ranged test mass for deep space missions

G. Patrizi, S. dell'Agnello, G.O. Delle Monache, C. Cantone, S. Berardi, A. Boni, N. Intaglietta, C. Lops, M.Maiello, M. Martini, L. Porcelli

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6. The mission of Chinese Space VLBI and Laser Ranging support for VLBI satellite with LRAs

Shen Zhiqiang, Zhang Zhongping, Zhang Haifeng, Wu Zhibo, Chen Wanzhen

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