ILRS Virtual World Tour 2021 second circular released
08/31/2021

Dear Colleagues:

We are happy to report the updates on this year's "ILRS Virtual World Tour". In addition to the virtual visits to the stations (∼120 min), short special add-on sessions (30-60 min) are planned with the help of the Standing Committee Chairs. We look forward to seeing you in the last week of October.

Schedule (tentative; in UTC):

Monday, October 25
12:00 Opening session with reports from ILRS CB and Geodetic Community
12:45 Virtual Tour of Herstmonceux, UK

Tuesday, October 26
13:00 Virtual Tour of Wettzell, Germany
15:00 Special Session on Network & Engineering, LLR and Space Debris Ranging

Wednesday, October 27
13:00 Virtual Tour of Mendeleevo, Russia
15:00 Special Session on Analysis

Thursday, October 28
06:00 Virtual Tour of Shanghai, China
08:00 Special Session on Missions (1)

Friday, October 29
16:00 Virtual Tour of Monument Peak, USA
18:00 Special Session on Data Format and Missions (2), and Closing

Workshop website: https://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ILRS_Virtual_World_Tour_2021/index.html

Logistics:
Microsoft Teams will be used for all of these sessions.
The Third Circular will be issued later with details on registration.

ILRS Virtual World Tour 2021 Organizers:
Claudia Carabajal/SSAI, Inc @ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Evan Hoffman/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Igor Ignatenko/VNIIFTRI, Russia
Jason Laing/Peraton NSGN Operations Lead, USA
Toshimichi Otsubo/Hitotsubashi University, Japan (Chair)
Michael Pearlman/Center for Astrophysics, USA
Ulrich Schreiber/Geodetic Observatory Wettzell, Germany
Zhang Zhongping/Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, China