Satellites

Last updated: 25-March-2003

At the moment the following satellites are tracked by the world wide distributed Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) stations:

• STARLETTE (image, characteristics)
• LAGEOS-1 (image, characteristics)
• AJISAI
• ETALON-1 (image, characteristics)
• ETALON-2 (image, characteristics)
• ERS-1 (image, characteristics)
• TOPEX/POSEIDON (image, characteristics)
• LAGEOS-2 (image, characteristics)
• GPS35 (image, characteristics)
• STELLA (image, characteristics, see STARLETTE)
• METEOR-3
• GPS36 (image, characteristics)
• MSTI-II
• GLONASS-40
• GLONASS-41
• GLONASS-44
• GLONASS-47
• GLONASS-49 (image, characteristics)
• GLONASS-50
• GLONASS-53
• GLONASS-56
• GLONASS-57
• GLONASS-62
• GLONASS-63
• GLONASS-64
• GLONASS-65
• GLONASS-66
• GLONASS-67
• GLONASS-68
• GLONASS-69
• GLONASS-70
• GLONASS-71
• GLONASS-72
• GLONASS-74
• GLONASS-75
• GLONASS-76
• GLONASS-77
• GLONASS-78
• GLONASS-79
• GLONASS-80
• GLONASS-81
• GLONASS-82
• GLONASS-84
• GLONASS-86
• GLONASS-87
• GLONASS-88
• GLONASS-89
• FIZEAU
• MIR (Russian space station)
• GFZ-1 (image, characteristics)
• ERS-2 (see ERS-1)
• RESURS-O1-3
• TiPS (characteristics)
• TiPS-Norton
• TiPS-Ralph
• ADEOS (image, characteristics)
• BEACON-C (characteristics)
• DIADEME-1 (D-1C) (characteristics)
• DIADEME-2 (D-1D) (characteristics)
• ZEIA (Russian Satellite)
• GFO-1 (characteristics)
• WESTPAC-1
• WESTPAC-1 (characteristics)
• SUNSAT (characteristics)
• CHAMP (image, characteristics provided by GFZ/Potsdam)
• LRE-H2A
• STARSHINE
• JASON-1
• ENVISAT
• GRACE-A & GRACE-B
• LASSO
• METEOR-3M
• ADEOS-2
• ICESAT/GLAS

The followig Moon reflectors are observed by the Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) systems:

• APOLLO 11, Sea of Tranquility
• LUNA 17, Sea of Rains
• APOLLO 14, Fra Mauro
• APOLLO 15, Hadley Rille
• LUNA 21, Sea of Serenity

Upcoming satellites are:

• ALOS
• CRYOSAT
• ETS-VIII
• Gravity Probe B
• IRS-P5 (under construction)
• UoSAT-12
• VCL

Here you find all COSPAR IDs of all tracked satellites.