This Forum is open to ILRS Networks and Engineering Standing Committee members and to the wider satellite laser ranging community. It is provided so that colleagues can discuss issues, develop ideas, pose questions and ask for or provide advice. Please do what you can to make this an lively and enjoyable forum that proves to be an important tool for the NESC and the ILRS community.

Bring up an issue for the attention of the NESC Forum

What bright ideas have you had recently?

Share and discuss your solutions, practical advice and experience with the forum on any aspect of satellite laser ranging.

Discuss the performance of stations in terms of data quality and quantity.

Discuss here techniques for detecting sources of systematics at SLR stations and ways to minimise and calibrate these errors.

Let the community know what's happening at your SLR station

Laser ranging to some targets is harder than others, perhaps due to a poor supply of quality predictions, weak return signal or something mission specific. Questions and feedback from mission operators, SLR observers and data analysts could be insightful to all concerned. These boards are in association with the ILRS Missions Standing Committee.

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Ask for advice on using specific instrumentation or for recommended upgrades.

Ask about the best practices in data collection, signal extraction, generating the correct formats and other software.

Ask a question about any of the day-to-day operational and organisational aspects of satellite laser ranging stations

Share links to reference papers here for discussion

Share a link or attachment to your work for general interest and feedback

Let us see your SLR station, your team and your work!

Post your photos from ILRS get-togethers

Do you have a good photo of the work of the ILRS you want to share?