The goals of IVS are:

• To provide a service to support geodetic, geophysical and astrometric research and operational activities.
• To interact with the community of users of VLBI products and to integrate VLBI into a global Earth observing system.
• To promote research and development activities in all aspects of the geodetic and astrometric VLBI technique.

Acknowledge IVS:

Whenever your use of IVS data or products results in a publication, please include a citation.

News and Current Events

April Newsletter (April 22)
The April issue of the IVS Newsletter was posted on the Web site and the print version will be sent to the IVS mailing list in the next days. The main feature in this issue is about Urumqi Observatory.

TIGO Observes Again in IVS Sessions (March 24)
Since March 15 TIGO is back in observing IVS sessions. The Bonn correlator saw first fringes of the R1422 session (March 15/16) to TIGO. Special TIGO quake three-hour sessions augment the normal IVS observing plan.

Megaquake TIGO Concepcion (March 3)
Please find information about the impact of the Chile earthquake on TIGO Concepción as it comes in. We intend to frequently update the page in the coming days to weeks.

Sixth IVS General Meeting (January 3)
Reminder: Registration and lodging deadline for the Sixth IVS General Meeting is January 7.

Call for 2009 Annual Report (December 17)
The IVS Coordinating Center invites each IVS Permanent Component and the Coordinators to submit reports on activities during the calender year 2009. Reports are due January 22, 2010.

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