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Larets [IPIE]
Larets is a small geodesy and calibration satellite launched for IPIE.
It is a 21 cm sphere with 60 laser retro-reflectors, very similar to the german GFZ 1 satellite. Larets is designed to address scientific and applied problems in the interests of geodesy and geodynamics. The LARETS mission is a next stage in low-target-error laser satellite design optimization, started with the WESTPAC mission.
Larets was launched with a cluster of small satellites in September 2003 on a Kosmos-3M rocket.
| Nation: | Russia |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Geodesy, calibration |
| Operator: | IPIE |
| Contractors: | Institute of Space Device Engineering - Moscow ? |
| Equipment: | 60 prism corner cube retroreflectors |
| Configuration: | 21 cm dia brass body |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | None |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 21 kg ? |
| Orbit: | 696 km × 675 km, 98.2 |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larets | 2003-042F | 27.09.2003 | Pl LC-132/1 | Kosmos-3M | with STSAT 1, Bilsat 1, NigeriaSat 1, UK-DMC 1, Mozhayets 4, Rubin 4-DSI |
Launch Sites:
- Pl = Plesetsk (NIIP-53, GIK-1, GNIIP), Russia
