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Designator id: 2009-049G

Description of BLITS Satellite:

BLITS, a 7.5 kg spherical satellite, was launched as a secondary payload on a Soyuz 2-1b rocket from Baikonur on 17 September 2009 at 15:55 UT. The satellite is covered in polished glass and will be used as a retroreflector for laser ranging experiments.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2009-09-17
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-2.1b
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan

Funding Agencies:
Unknown (Russia)

Disciplines:
Technology Applications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 35871U 09049G   12339.11417892  .00000017  00000-0  27226-4 0  5051
2 35871 098.6249 028.9993 0002939 281.3794 078.7052 14.21595644166105

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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