Experimental
NORAD ID: 35871
Int'l Code: 2009-049G
Perigee: 824.2 km
Apogee: 830.3 km
Inclination: 98.8°
Period: 101.3 min
Semi major axis: 7,198.3 km
Launch date: September 17, 2009
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Comments: BLITS is a 7.53-kilogram nanosatellite consisting of two outer hemispheres made of a low-refraction-index glass. It is developed and manufactured by the IPIE center, under a 2006 agreement between Roskosmos and International Laser Ranging Service. The purpose of the mission is experimental verification of the spherical glass retroreflector satellite concept. A small spherical retroreflector of the same type (6cm in diameter) was flying onboard of the Meteor-3M satellite in 2001-2006.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 35871U 09049G 10250.11751923 .00000175 00000-0 10000-3 0 5200
2 35871 098.7511 303.0896 0004262 113.3895 246.7661 14.21546128 49740
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