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- BLITS abstract "BLITS (Ball Lens In The Space) is a Russian satellite launched on September 17, 2009, as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.The satellite is totally passive and spherical, and is tracked using satellite laser ranging by the International Laser Ranging Service. The purpose of the mission is experimental verification of the spherical glass retroreflector satellite concept as well as obtaining SLR data for solution of scientific problems in geophysics, geodynamics, and relativity . The design of BLITS is based on the optical Luneburg lens concept. The retroreflector is a multilayer glass sphere; it provides uniform reflection characteristics when viewed within a very wide range of angles, and can provide a cross-section sufficient for observations at low to medium orbit heights. A similar design was already tested on a smaller laser reflector carried on board of the METEOR-3M spacecraft launched on December 10, 2001.The satellite body consists of two outer hemispheres (radius 85.16 mm) made of a low-refraction-index glass and an inner ball lens (radius 53.52 mm) made of a high-refraction-index glass; the two outer hemispheres and the inner ball are glued together, and one of the outer hemispheres is externally coated with a reflective coating, covered with a protective varnish. The total mass is 7.53 kg.The satellite was inserted into an 832 km Sun-synchronous orbit, with an inclination of 98.85º. The satellite was spinning at a spin period of 5.6 seconds around the axis normal to its orbit plane, allowing laser light to be reflected in short bursts because only half of the satellite is covered in a reflective coating. Being the satellite made of glass, minimum in-flight slowdown of spin rate was expected, as there were no conducting parts where currents interacting with the Earth magnetic field can be induced.The expected operative life was at least 5 years, but the mission was interrupted in 2013 after a collision with space debris.".
- BLITS cosparId "2009-049G".
- BLITS thumbnail BLITS_300c_target.gif?width=300.
- BLITS wikiPageID "42043659".
- BLITS wikiPageLength "6391".
- BLITS wikiPageOutDegree "23".
- BLITS wikiPageRevisionID "629731764".
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink 2007_Chinese_anti-satellite_missile_test.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Analytical_Graphics.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Baikonur_Cosmodrome.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_31.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Category:Satellites.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Category:Spacecraft_launched_in_2009.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink FSUE-IPIE.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Fregat.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Geocentric_orbit.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Indian_Long_Range_Squadron.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Low_Earth_orbit.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Luneburg_lens.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Meteor_(satellite).
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Retroreflector.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Roscosmos_State_Corporation.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Russia.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Satellite_laser_ranging.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Soyuz-2_(rocket).
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Space_debris.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink Sun-synchronous_orbit.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLink File:BLITS_Satellite_scheme.gif.
- BLITS wikiPageWikiLinkText "BLITS".
- BLITS apsis "gee".
- BLITS cosparId "2009".
- BLITS imageCaption "An artist's impression of BLITS".
- BLITS imageSize "220".
- BLITS launchDate "--09-17".
- BLITS launchRocket Fregat.
- BLITS launchRocket Soyuz-2_(rocket).
- BLITS launchSite Baikonur_Cosmodrome.
- BLITS launchSite Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_31.
- BLITS manufacturer FSUE-IPIE.
- BLITS missionDuration "1.57788E8".
- BLITS missionDuration "9.46728E7".
- BLITS missionType "Technology".
- BLITS name "BLITS".
- BLITS operator Indian_Long_Range_Squadron.
- BLITS operator Roscosmos_State_Corporation.
- BLITS orbitArgofperigee "71.58".
- BLITS orbitEccentricity "4.373E-4".
- BLITS orbitEpoch "--02-25".
- BLITS orbitInclination "98.55".
- BLITS orbitPeriod "6076.8".
- BLITS orbitRaan "105.39".
- BLITS orbitReference Geocentric_orbit.
- BLITS orbitRegime Low_Earth_orbit.
- BLITS satcat "35871".
- BLITS wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Convert.
- BLITS wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:For.
- BLITS wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_spaceflight.
- BLITS wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Orbital_launches_in_2009.
- BLITS wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- BLITS wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Start-date.
- BLITS subject Category:Satellites.
- BLITS subject Category:Spacecraft_launched_in_2009.
- BLITS hypernym Satellite.
- BLITS type ArtificialSatellite.
- BLITS type CelestialBody.
- BLITS type Place.
- BLITS type Satellite.
- BLITS type Location.
- BLITS type Place.
- BLITS type Thing.
- BLITS comment "BLITS (Ball Lens In The Space) is a Russian satellite launched on September 17, 2009, as a secondary payload on a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.The satellite is totally passive and spherical, and is tracked using satellite laser ranging by the International Laser Ranging Service.".
- BLITS label "BLITS".
- BLITS sameAs Q8876084.
- BLITS sameAs BLITS.
- BLITS sameAs BLITS_(pavadonis).
- BLITS sameAs m.0_v5fh2.
- BLITS sameAs BLITS.
- BLITS sameAs Q8876084.
- BLITS wasDerivedFrom BLITS?oldid=629731764.
- BLITS depiction BLITS_300c_target.gif.
- BLITS isPrimaryTopicOf BLITS.