Key statistics
Satellite BLITS at a glance.
Uptime
5771
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.7
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for BLITS.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: BLITS
International designator: 2009-049G
Object number (NORAD): 35871
Object ID (CCSDS): 35871
Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.257 minutes
Inclination: 98.7135 deg
SMA: 7196.313 km
Apoapsis: 819.907 km
Periapsis: 816.45 km
RAAN: 146.5282 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002402
Argument of periapsis: 235.2379 deg
Mean anomaly: 124.8573 deg
Mean motion: 14.22124727 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000005 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000022094 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 2:27 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 BLITS
TLE line 1: 1 35871U 09049G 25186.10269377 .00000005 00000-0 22094-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 35871 98.7135 146.5282 0002402 235.2379 124.8573 14.22124727819141
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite BLITS.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object BLITS.
Associated space launch
Russian meteorology satellite
BLITS was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M 1’, on board a Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 17, 2009, 3:55 p.m. from 31/6.
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Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat | Meteor-M 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 17, 2009, 3:55 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat
Launch pad: 31/6
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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