DATA YIELD OF THE ILRS GLOBAL NETWORK OVER THE PAST DECADE

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E. C. Pavlis, DATA YIELD OF THE ILRS GLOBAL NETWORK OVER THE PAST DECADE, 14th International Laser Workshop, https://cddis.nasa.gov/lw14/docs/papers/ops1_epm.pdf

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We present an analysis of the data yield history of the ILRS Global Network. Variations due to seasonal, weekly and anthropogenic effects will be evaluated and quantified. The data from only the two LAGEOS satellites are used in this study. This ensures that the results are independent of other reasons for which an increase or decrease in data yield could be observed (e.g. targeted campaigns, loss of scientific interest in a particular target, ranging restrictions due to mission constraints, etc.). We will attempt to quantify the effect of the recent NASA-network reduction in the overall yield of the GLTN.