Payload
MERIDIAN 8
Partially operationalPayloadHEO
MERIDIAN 8 is a Military Space Forces (VKS) payload satellite, launched on July 30, 2019 into HEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 30, 2019 at 05:57 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat-M →
- Operator
- Russian Space Forces
- Mission
- Meridian-M No.18
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- HEO
- Apoapsis
- 38,967 km
- Periapsis
- 1,391 km
- Inclination
- 63.12°
- Orbital period
- 717.85 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Military Space Forces (VKS)
- Manufacturer
- ISS Reshetnev
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 2,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2019-046A
- NORAD catalog №
- 44453
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)- Status
- Partially operational