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Space Geodesy Satellite Laser Ranging (SGSLR)

SGSLR is the NASA implementation of the next-generation Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) system, to be deployed to NASA and partner sites around the world. ("NASA’s satellite laser ranging systems for the twenty-first century", McGarry, J.F., Hoffman, E.D., Degnan, J.J. et al. Journal of Geodesy (2019), 93: 2249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-1191-6).

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SGSLR is the NASA implementation of the next-generation Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) system, to be deployed to NASA and partner sites around the world. ("NASA’s satellite laser ranging systems for the twenty-first century", McGarry, J.F., Hoffman, E.D., Degnan, J.J. et al. Journal of Geodesy (2019), 93: 2249. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-018-1191-6).

Related Publications

2025. "Complex Love numbers in the diurnal and semidiurnal tidal bands determined from satellite tracking and altimetry.", Pure and Applied Geophysics, [10.1007/s00024-025-03797-w] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "Mission Support.", International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) 2016-2019 Report, NASA/TP-20205008530 [Full Text] [Article in Book]

2020. "ILRS Operations.", International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) 2016-2019 Report, NASA/TP-20205008530 [Full Text] [Report]

2020. "About the ILRS.", International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) 2016-2019 Report , NASA/TP-20205008530 [Full Text] [Report]

2020. "The Role of SLR: Science from SLR.", International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) 2016-2019 Report edited by C. Noll and M. Pearlman, NASA/TP-20205008530, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA, 2020., NASA/TP-202005008530 [Full Text] [Report]