Short Course Presentations
Bruce Bills JPL	Interplanetary Laser Trilateration Network (.pdf)
Konstantin Batygin Caltech	High-Precision Solar System Dynamics with Improved Interplanetary Ranging (.pdf)
Evan Hoffman NASA Goddard Space Flight Center	Laser Ranging Beyond Lunar Distances (.pdf)
Andrea Donnellan Purdue University	Enabling Planetary Missions with ILTN (.pdf)
Mike Watkins Caltech	Future of Solar System Science with ILTN (.pdf)

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Program:

Talk 1 – "Interplanetary Laser Trilateration Network" – Bruce Bills, JPL

• Overview of Interplanetary Laser Trilateration Network
• What are some chief science questions & challenges related to ILTN?
• What measurements are needed to address these questions?
• What is the relationship between: cadence of observations and accuracy of tie to center of mass of host planet?

Talk 2 – "High-Precision Solar System Dynamics with Improved Interplanetary Ranging" – Konstantin Batygin, Caltech

• Overview of orbital dynamics in the solar system, emphasizing the role of chaos on both short timescales (planetary scattering) and long timescales (stability boundaries identified via high-precision numerical integrations).
• The significance of asteroidal chaos in limiting the predictability of planetary orbits.
• Potential of interplanetary ranging networks to detect unseen objects in the outer solar system.

Talk 3 – "Laser Ranging Beyond Lunar Distances" – Evan Hoffman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

• The history and current state of ground-based satellite laser ranging network infrastructure
• What models do we use to predict single-shot and normal point (averaged) precision and accuracy?
• What do past and current 2-way (round-trip) and 1-way (dual laser/clock) laser ranging missions teach us about the engineering challenges of an ILTN?

Talk 4 – "Enabling Planetary Missions with ILTN" – Andrea Donnellan, Purdue University

• ITLN characteristics
• Planetary science goals that would benefit from ITLN
• ITLN as infrastructure versus discovery-based mission
• Requirements development
• Community engagement
• Advocacy and proposals

Talk 5 – "Future of Solar System Science with ILTN" – Mike Watkins, Caltech

• How have the measurements for understanding Solar System Dynamics evolved over the past 50 years? 
• What has the combination of flyby's, orbiters, and landers taught us so far about planetary orbital dynamics and planetary internal structure? What drives the limits of our current understanding?
• Highlights of particular missions and measurements (planetary ephemeris development, gravity, seismometry, altimetry) 
• How does ILTN continue that evolution?