ILRS Analysis Centers
ILRS Analysis Centers fall into three categories: Analysis Centers, Lunar Analysis Centers, and Associate Analysis Centers.
The Analysis Centers (ACs) access and process tracking data from one or more data centers for the purpose of quality control purposes or for the generation of ILRS products. The ACs are committed to deliver the products routinely, without interruption, at an adopted frequency and with a time lag approved by the Governing Board to meet ILRS requirements. The products are generated using designated standards and delivered to the Global Data Centers, to the IERS (as per bilateral agreements), and to other interested bodies. At a minimum, the Analysis Centers must process the global LAGEOS-1 and LAGEOS-2 data sets and are encouraged to include other geodetic satellites in their solutions. It is anticipated that list of satellites to be included in routine analysis by the ACs can be extended if requested by the Analysis Standing Committee and/or the ILRS Central Bureau.
The ACs provide, at a minimum, daily-resolution Earth orientation parameters, weekly-averaged station coordinates and satellite orbits, on a daily basis, as well as other products, required by the IERS. The ACs also provide a second level of quality assurance on the global data set by monitoring individual station range and timing systematic errors via the fitted orbits (primarily based on the LAGEOS-1 and LAGEOS-2 satellites).
Lunar Analysis Centers process normal point data from the LLR stations and generate a variety of scientific products including precise lunar ephemerides, librations, and orientation parameters that provide insights into the composition and internal makeup of the Moon, its interaction with Earth, tests of General Relativity, and solar system ties to the ICRF.
Associate Analysis Centers are organizations that produce special products, such as satellite predictions, time bias information, precise orbits for special-purpose satellites, station coordinates and velocities within a certain geographic region, or scientific data products of a mission-specific nature. Associate Analysis Centers are encouraged to perform additional quality control functions through the direct comparison of individual Analysis Center products and/or the creation of "combined" solutions, perhaps in combination with data from other space geodetic techniques (e.g., VLBI, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Compass/BeiDou, DORIS, etc.), in support of the ITRF or precise orbit determination. Organizations that desire to eventually become Analysis Centers may also be designated as Associate Analysis Centers by the Governing Board until they are fully accredited Analysis Centers.
(c.f. ILRS Terms of Reference sec 2.4.1, 2.4.2, and 2.4.3)
Related Links:
- WWW Analysis Center links
- ILRS Analysis Standing Committee (ASC)
- ASC email exploder: ilrs-awg @ lists.nasa.gov
- AC email exploder: ilrs-ac @ lists.nasa.gov
- AAC email exploder: ilrs-aac @ lists.nasa.gov
Analysis Centers (ACs) |
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| Center | Code | Contact | |
| Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäesie (BKG) Germany (log) | bkg | Dr. Daniela Thaller Dr. Daniel Koenig |
Daniela.Thaller@bkg.bund.de Daniel.Koenig@bkg.bund.de |
| Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France (log) | cnes | Dr. Franck Reinquin Dr. Adrian Baños Garcia |
Franck.Reinquin@cnes.fr abanos-garcia@groupcls.com |
| Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI) Germany (log) (QC log) | dgfi | Mathis Blossfeld | mathis.blossfeld@tum.de |
| ESA/ESOC, Germany | esa | Dr. Tim Springer Dr. Erik Schoenemann |
Tim.Springer@esa.int Erik.Schoenemann@esa.int |
| Helmholtz Centre Potsdam German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany (log) | gfz | Patrick Schreiner | Patrick.Schreiner@gfz-potsdam.de |
| ILRS primary combination solution | ilrsa | Dr. Giuseppe Bianco Dr. Vincenza Luceri |
giuseppe.bianco@asi.it cinzia.luceri@e-geos.it |
| ILRS backup combination solution | ilrsb | Dr. Frank G. Lemoine Dr. Magda Kuzmicz Cieslak |
frank.g.lemoine@nasa.gov magdak@umbc.edu |
| Italian Space Agency, Centro di Geodesia Spaziale "G. Colombo" (ASI/CGS), Italy (log) | asi | Dr. Giuseppe Bianco Dr. Vincenza Luceri |
giuseppe.bianco@asi.it cinzia.luceri@e-geos.it |
| Joint Center for Earth System Technology/Goddard Space Flight Center (JCET/GSFC) Greenbelt, Maryland, USA (log) (QC log) | jcet | Dr. Frank G. Lemoine Dr. Magda Kuzmicz Cieslak |
frank.g.lemoine@nasa.gov magdak@umbc.edu |
| NERC Space Geodesy Facility (NSGF) formely RGO Satellite Laser Ranging Group, United Kingdom (log) | ngsf | Dr. Andreja Susnik Dr. Graham Appleby |
andsni@bgs.ac.uk gapp@nerc.ac.uk |
Lunar Analysis Centers (Lunar ACs) |
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| Center | Contact | |
| Goddard Lunar Data Analysis Center (GLD AC), Greenbelt, MD, USA (log) | Dr. Vishnu Viswanathan | vishnu.viswanathan@nasa.gov |
| Forschungseinrichting SatellitenGeodasie/Institut fuer Erdmessung (FESG/IFE) Germany | Dr. Ing. Jurgen Mueller | mueller@ife.uni-hannover.de |
| Istituto Naz. di Fisica Nucleare - Laboratori Naz. di Frascati(INFN-LNF), Italy | Dr. Simone Dell'Agnello Marco Muccino Luca Porcelli |
Simone.DellAgnello@lnf.infn.it marco.muccino@Inf.infn.it luca.porcelli@Inf.infn.it |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA | Mr. James Williams | James.G.Williams@jpl.nasa.gov |
| Paris Observatory Lunar Analysis Center, France | Dr. Sebastien Bouquillon | sebastien.bouquillon@obspm.fr |
| Russian Academy of Sciences/Institute of Applied Astronomy (RAS/IAA) | Dr. Alexander Ipatov | iaaras@iaaras.ru |
Associate Analysis Centers (AACs) |
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| Center | Contact | |
| Austrian Academy of Sciences (log) | Sandro Krauss | sandro.krauss@oeaw.ac.at |
| Center for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE) Switzerland (QC log) | Rolf Dach | rolf.dach@aiub.unibe.ch |
| Center for Space Research (CSR), University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA (log) | Dr. John Ries | ries@csr.utexas.edu |
| Central Laboratory for Geodesy, Bulgaria | Ivan Georgiev | ivan@argo.bas.bg |
| Delft Institute for Earth Oriented Space Research (DEOS) The Netherlands | Pieter Visser | p.n.a.m.visser@tudelft.nl |
| Hitotsubashi University, Japan (QC log) | Toshimichi Otsubo | t.otsubo@r.hit-u.ac.jp |
| Institute of Applied Astronomy, St. Petersburg, Russia | Dr. Iskander Gayazov | gayazov@ipa.nw.ru |
| Institute of Astronomy, Moscow, Russia | Dr. Sergey Kuzin | skuzin@inasan.rssi.ru |
| Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IAPS)/National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) and INFN-Roma2 | David M. Lucchesi | david.lucchesi@iaps.inaf.it |
| Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN Yebes) | Dr. José Rodríguez | jc.rodriguez@oan.es |
| Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) South Korea (log) | Dr. Eunseo Park | skel93@kasi.re.kr |
| Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (GAOUA) Ukraine | Prof. Yaroslav Yatskiv | yatskiv@mao.kiev.ua |
| Newcastle University, United Kingdom | Dr. Philip Moore | Philip.Moore@ncl.ac.uk |
| Norwegian Mapping Authority (Kartverket) | Dr. Ingrid Fausk | ingrid.fausk@kartverket.no |
| Pulkovo EOP and Reference Systems Analysis Center (PERSAC) (log) | Dr. Zinovy Malkin | malkin@gao.spb.ru |
| RLRN Data Collection and Analysis Center, Moscow Oblast, Russia (RNAC) | Evgeny Titov | titov@spnav.ru |
| Russian Metrological Institute of Technical Physics and Radio Engineering (VNIIFTRI) | Dr. Sergey Pasynok Igor Ignatenko |
pasynok@vniiftri.ru igig@vniiftri.ru |
| Russian Mission Control Centre, Moscow, Russia (QC log) | Dr. Vladimir Glotov | vladimir.glotov@glonass-iac.ru |
| Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), China (QC log) | Mr. Hunag Cheng | hc@center.shao.ac.cn |
| Tsukuba Space Center/JAXA, Japan | Shinichi Nakamura | nakamura.shinichi@jaxa.jp |
| Wroclaw University of Enviromental and Life Sciences (WUELS), Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics (IGIG) | Krzysztof Sosnica | krzysztof.sosnica@igig.up.wroc.pl |
Former AC/AAC Centers |
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| Center | Type | Contact | |
| Geoscience Australia (formerly Australian Surveying and Land Information Group, AUSLIG) Australia (log) | AC | Dr. Ramesh Govind | Ramesh.Govind@ga.gov.au |
| Groupe de Recherche en Géodésie Spatiale (GRGS) France (log) | AC | Dr. Florent Deleflie | florent.deleflie@obs-azur.fr |
| National Institute of Information and Communications Technology | AAC | Tadahiro Gotoh | tara@nict.go.jp |
